Local News
To participate in high school athletics, trans girls in Utah must now meet testosterone requirements more stringent than those of the NCAA

Utah – In Utah, transgender females who wish to participate in high school athletics will now need to fulfill a set of health requirements that are more demanding than those for professional athletes who are competing in the NCAA or the Olympics.
Maintaining a testosterone level more than four times below the cutoff for collegiate athletics is part of that. Additionally, students must be receiving medical care for gender transition in order to be permitted to play, despite Utah’s 2023 prohibition on such therapy, which made it hard for students who weren’t already receiving such care to start seeing a doctor for it.
Advocates worry that the standards, which are the first clear guidelines the state has ever published, were intentionally written to prevent any transgender girls from being eligible to play here.
On Thursday, January 2, shortly before 10 p.m., a public notice of the meeting was posted. The meeting was then conducted entirely online at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, January 6. Utah law only requires a 24-hour notice, so that is not a violation.
With no debate, few revisions, and a unanimous vote, the new rules were approved by Utah’s School Activity Eligibility Commission, which is charged by the state with reviewing cases and determining which transgender females are eligible to play high school sports.
-
Local News2 weeks ago
Surgical robots give patients at Huntsman Cancer Institute hope and healing
-
Local News5 days ago
Students in Utah are developing their critical thinking abilities to identify false medical information
-
Local News2 weeks ago
The transgender dorm change measure is advanced by the Utah House
-
Local News2 weeks ago
Utah County pledges $78 million to expand Provo Airport
-
Local News1 week ago
Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind hosts Western States Basketball Classic
-
Local News1 week ago
Avalanche specialists and skiers are getting ready for winter conditions in Utah’s mountains
-
Local News3 days ago
The Utah Senate approves a bill banning collective bargaining by public employees
-
Local News6 days ago
Professors of business in Utah talk about the possible effects of tariffs
Leave a Reply