L.P.G.A. Will Allow Transgender Players to Compete

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L.P.G.A. Will Allow Transgender Players to Compete
By KATIE THOMAS
Published: December 1, 2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/02/sports/golf/02lpga.html?_r=1

L.P.G.A. players have voted to eliminate the tour's requirement that players be "female at birth" and to allow transgender athletes to compete, less than two months after a transgender woman sued the tour in federal court, arguing that the rule violated California civil rights law.

"Steps will be taken in the coming weeks to make the appropriate changes in the language of the Constitution," Commissioner Mike Whan said in a statement. The players made their decision Tuesday during end-of-the-year meetings in Orlando, Fla., at the L.P.G.A. Tour Championship.