VHSL will comply with executive order on transgender athletes 'effective immediately'
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The Virginia High School League (VHSL) announced Monday that it will comply with the Trump executive order that limits participation in girls' sports to students who were assigned female at birth.
The decision is effective immediately, per a release shared by the organization, which oversees athletic competitions between public schools across the Commonwealth. VHSL's previous policy allowed transgender athletes to participate on teams other than the gender identity listed on their birth certificate or school records after meeting a certain set of approvals and conditions.
The change comes after a call from Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin on social media to push the governing body to follow the executive order on Friday.
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