Culture
Over 300 Female Athletes Petition The NCAA To Support Idaho’s Transgender Sports Ban
Idaho was the first state to pass legislation that protected women’s sports from biological male participation, and now the ACLU is suing it.
By Jane Swift2 min read
March 30, 2020, Idaho Governor Brad Little signed the “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act” that recognized the “inherent differences between men and women” and legislated that “athletic teams or sports designated for females, women, or girls shall not be open to students of the male sex.” The act applies to all of Idaho’s interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, and club teams at both the high school and the college levels.