Transgender Athlete Policy on Legislative Agenda

Posted on Aug 19, 2015
"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in; line-height:13.2pt;background:white">An advocate for transgender youth says she is concerned about a potential attack on a policy that lets high school students play on sports teams based on their gender identity rather than the sex assigned at birth.

 

"margin: 0in 0in 9pt; line-height: 13.2pt; font-stretch: normal; background: white;">A year and a half after the South Dakota High School Activities Association created the policy and months after Republican lawmakers failed to repeal it, a legislative committee is set to hold a meeting Thursday to probe the measure.