Trans darts champion laments ban against trans women as 'loss for the trans community'
Noa-Lynn van Leuven said the World Darts Federation's new gender eligibility policy "does affect me personally."
August 4, 2025
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Noa-Lynn van Leuven said the World Darts Federation's new gender eligibility policy "does affect me personally."
The Ohio House nixed a new version of the bill after the Senate OK'd it, meaning it most likely won't pass this year.
Republicans failed to get 60 votes to move the discriminatory bill forward.
The Democrat stood in the way of a law that Republicans wanted to have enacted targeting the trans community.
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics' new policy will go into effect with the 2024-2025 school year.
The decision is expected by next summer.
Most Americans support banning gender-affirming care for youth and preventing trans athletes from participating on teams that align with their identity — yet they also support anti-discrimination laws protecting trans people.
DeWine's veto is likely to be overridden by the state legislature, as HB68 passed both the state House and Senate with a supermajority.
Only two justices dissented.
Civil rights groups lauded the court decision, saying it struck down a harmful policy.
Bans on transgender competition in sports tend to be controversial, with some even otherwise supportive people siding with such bans.
A Gallup poll shows 69 percent of Americans want sports segregated based on birth certificates, not gender identity.
The lawsuit does not accuse USMS of violating trans athletic participation laws, but of violating consumer protection laws.
Dinah Yukich sued after a tournament in New York determined her ineligible to compete in women's events.
“The only child that was harmed in this entire investigation was my own child,” Jessica Norton said of her daughter's ban from playing girls' volleyball — a sport her daughter had played for years.
A case brought by the Utah High School Activities Association and two athletes was voluntarily dismissed.
Transphobia is increasingly aimed at cisgender women. This discrimination extends beyond sports, creating new victims of anti-trans hate.
The Maine Principals' Association said it won't expose personal information for students to assuage the fight against transgender participation in athletics.
To conservatives who are tired of hearing about trans people: The call is coming from inside the house.
Senate Bill 63 sought to ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors diagnosed with gender dysphoria while allowing the same treatments to continue for cisgender minors with other conditions.
The Philadelphia School District has announced that it will continue to allow transgender athletes to compete on teams that align with their gender identity.