Category: Sports Law

National Women’s Hockey League Policy on Participation of Transgender Athletes @NWHL @NCLRights (USA)

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In December 2016, The National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL) released a new Policy on Participation of Transgender Athletes.  The new policy…

Erin Buzuvis @ErinBuzuvis & Title IX Blog (USA)

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Erin Buzuvis, Professor of Law, Western New England University and Kristine Newhall, Ph.D., Women’s Studies wrote a blog called Title IX…

Michigan State Board of Education (USA)

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Discussion on proposed LGBTQ policy at 50:46 On February 23, 2016, the Michigan State Board of Education (“SBE”) presented its Statement and Guidance…

Texas University Interscholastic League @uiltexas (USA)

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The (Texas) University Interscholastic League has issue a proposed policy that would require transgender students to play the sport identified on their birth certificates….

Assembly Joint Resolution No. 23 (USA)

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In July, the California Assembly adopted Assembly Joint Resolution No. 23, which affirmed that the California Assembly thinks Title IX, a federal law…

NCLR @NCLRights Kate Kendell @KateKendell & Asaf Orr @AOrrEsq (USA)

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Alex Trujillo is a boy who identifies as a girl. He wants to play volleyball on the girls’ team at…

Finishing Last: Girls of Color and School Sports Opportunities @nwlc @PRRAC_DC (USA)

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The National Women’s Law Center and the Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) released a new report revealing in stark…

Fallon Fox @FallonFox Kate Kendell @KateKendell & @NCLRights (USA)

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Fallon Fox is a violent Man named Boyd Burton who beats up Women for a living. He is able to…

John J. Burzichelli @njassemblydems (USA)

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New Jersey Democratic Assemblyman John J. Burzichelli has introduced legislation to undermine decades of work to create parity for girls…

Arizona Interscholastic Association (USA)

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The Arizona Interscholastic Association Executive Board approved the first transgender student-athlete to play in a winter sport in Arizona. Chuck…