Virginia readies to ratify policy protecting girls sports

Virginia readies to ratify policy protecting girls sports


A policy voted on in February to keep biological males out of girls sports in Virginia high schools could be ratified this week.

“Students who were assigned male at birth or are identifying as transgender females may not participate on a girls sports team other than cheerleading (PM 54-6-1 (4),” VHSL policy, 28A – 8 -1, the Transgender Policy, reads.

The change was voted on during a special meeting following President Donald Trump’s Feb. 5 executive order to keep biological males out of women’s sports, with the aim of aligning Virginia policy with the order, according to a report.

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“We’re not a league or an organization that wants to be in contempt of the law or not follow the law,” VHSL Executive Director Billy Haun

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