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Georgia Governor Signs Anti-LGBTQ Law Restricting Transgender Students from Sports, Despite Zero Trans Athletes Participating in State

GLAAD — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 21:26:04 +0000

On April 28, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed The Riley Gaines Act, effectively banning the participation of transgender student-athletes from participating in sports and from using the correct restroom and locker room that aligns with their gender. The new law, which was championed by conservative state lawmakers as a top priority at the start of [...]

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GLAAD AND GEORGIA EQUALITY RESPOND TO GEORGIA’S NEW LAW RESTRICTING TRANSGENDER STUDENTS FROM SPORTS, DESPITE ZERO TRANS ATHLETES PARTICIPATING IN GEORGIA

Heidi Spillum, Web Producer — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 19:44:05 +0000

GLAAD: “All students, regardless of gender identity, should have access to play school sports in a safe environment where they can learn and thrive. With the passage of this discriminatory legislation, Georgia lawmakers have unfairly and baselessly made it more difficult for transgender students to experience the same lessons sports offers all youth, and they [...]

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Chris Mosier: “Trans athletes play sports for the same reasons as anybody else. For our love of the game.”

GLAAD — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 20:35:41 +0000

Chris Mosier is an out transgender athlete, and a trailblazer, and he’s speaking out about President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s and girl’s school-sponsored sports. Mosier told CNN, “Sports has just been the entry point to other areas of discrimination against our community, including health care [...]

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Parents of LGBTQ Youth Defended Trans Students in a Tense NYC Education Council Meeting — Here’s Why That Matters…

Lana Leonard — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 19:22:18 +0000

For the last three months, New York City parents and LGBTQ youth advocates have shown up in protest of the anti-transgender sports ban, Resolution #248. The resolution was passed in March by Community Education Council (CEC) District 2’s board. The district covers The East Village and the Lower East Side. On June 12, more than [...]

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