policy for trans athletes. they are leaving it up to each sports division. each sport gets to decide the rules about its own competition. the new rules go into effect immediately and puts the ncaa in line with the group in charge of the olympics. but they have got athletes saying they are making it more complicated. athletes will now have to document their testosterone levels three times including just weeks before each competition. there are 25 anti-trans bills being considered in 15 states right now. i want to bring in joe yorcaba. talk to us how this plays out, what have you heard about some of the transathletes pushing back against these new rules. one told me there are more questions than answers and there is a lot of confusion which i think summarizes it. but the ncaa in punting to
national and international sports bodies is creating confusion because some of those bodies don t have clear policies for transathletes at all. transathletes are kind of feeling like they are left out in the cold. ncaa also said even though it is going to punt to national governing bodies athletes are expected to document their testosterone levels but it is unclear how it is going to be implemented, who is going to pay for it. where on the spectrum could this have fallen in a different way? they could have kept their policy in place which required transfemale athletes to undergo testosterone suppression treatment for at least a year, but ann lieberman also told me that the ncaa had been working with researchers to conduct a literature review to create a new and more evidence-based policy. so they said what happened here is that the ncaa seems to have
boxing. disability, age categories, everything to create this. but are there enough transathletes, if you re creating a category for trans athletes to compete against themselves. i don t know the answer, based on the amount of attention they get, it tells me there probably aren t enough for there to be competitive contests? no, i m not suggesting that, row applies a male classification with an open classification. and it s still protective, inclusive and it s very welcoming on everybody. one of the things that was contained in the letter by the 16 teammates said, look, lia thomas competing as a man was ranked somewhere in the 400 range-i forgot the exact number. 432. now, as a female has gone to number one. and something that i don t see, i don t see this going in reverse. in other words, i don t see
a bit or explode and lia thomas in the public eye is not going away. the article talks about her wanting to compete at the 2024 olympic games. given the rules and the times she has a great shot and not 0 the only transathlete emerging on the world stage. this conversation is not going to end and i hope that all of us can give some humanity that sports illustrated and the writer showed everyone in the conversation as we have got to stop screaming at each other if we have a solution to live with. you say not left to right but ten states banned transathletes in sports. how does that affect transathletes? how do you see the initiatives and the passage around the country? ten or 12 years ago writing
today the biden administration is marking international transgender day visibility with a series of changes supporting transgender americans, including the option to choose x when identifying gender on u.s. passport applications. that starts next month. and then starting next year, the social security administration will no longer require doctor s notes to update gender information. but some states are curbing transgender rights. just yesterday republican governor doug ducey signed a bill banning surgery until 18 and another bill that prohibits transathletes from competing in women s and girls sports in some schools. we want to tell you about a weather alert because parts of virginia, north carolina are