A fourth university has forfeited its women’s volleyball match against San José State University following controversy over the gender identity of one of the team’s players.
In the lawsuit, Slusser says the teammate who was the subject of the media coverage told her she was a trans woman.
Tony Hoang, the executive director of Equality California, said that in forfeiting matches against SJSU, school administrators are harming all students involved.
The Republican governors of both Utah and Idaho publicly supported decisions by Southern Utah University, Utah State University and Boise State University to cancel their matches against SJSU.
Previously, trans athletes’ participation in sports was regulated by state sports associations, school districts and, in college athletics, the NCAA.
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