LPGA drops 'female at birth' clause for members
By RANDALL MELL
Senior Writer,
GolfChannel.comPosted: November 30, 2010
http://www.thegolfchannel.com/tour-insider/lpga-drops-female-birth-clause-members-40538/ORLANDO, Fla. – The LPGA voted a monumental change to its constitutional bylaws Tuesday that will no longer require its members to be "female at birth."
The move to amend the bylaws to allow transgender membership was easily passed in a vote in a players meeting at the Grand Cypress Hyatt just down the road from the site of this week's LPGA Tour Championship.
GolfChannel.com first reported two weeks ago that the bylaw change was in the works.
Michelle Ellis, the LPGA president, confirmed that commissioner Mike Whan and the LPGA Board of Player Directors recommended the change to the bylaws. The change was a direct response to a lawsuit filed on Oct. 12 in U.S. District Court in San Francisco.
