VHSL bans transgender girls from playing girls’ sports

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VHSL bans transgender girls from playing girls' sports

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Story by Gabby Allen (10 Feb 2025)

VIRGINIA (DC News Now) — The Virginia High School League (VHSL) announced Monday that it would limit competition in girls' sports to students assigned female at birth.

The policy change is a reversal from its stance last week, during which it maintained that transgender girls would be allowed to participate in girls' high school sports teams.

VHSL made the change to comply with President Donald Trump's Executive Order "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports," which he signed on Feb. 5.

At the time of the order, VHSL's director of communications said, "We have not seen or received anything regarding the Executive Order. We will continue following the current policy and the current law in Virginia."

However, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin made social media posts on X urging VHSL to follow the order.

"The Virginia High School League must change course immediately ... Virginia schools are at risk of losing millions of dollars in federal school funding if the VHSL doesn't comply with President [Trump]'s Executive Order...