VeloNews Senior Editor Betsy Welch contributed to this story.
Kristin Diamond saw storm clouds gathering over Arkansas back in February.
Diamond, who along with Brook Watts runs Parkven Productions, the operations group behind the 2022 UCI World Cyclocross Championships in Fayetteville, watched as lawmakers in Arkansas proposed three bills to limit the rights of transgendered people. Among the bills was HB1570, which denies transgender youth access to gender-affirming care.
“Call it what it is this is hateful legislation,” Diamond told
VeloNews. “It was pretty obvious before it even went to committee that it was going to pass. And it was very obvious to us that this was going to be an issue.”
USA Cycling Champions the Programs, Participation, and Performances Essential to Cycling in America with New Board Members 12/09/20
USA Cycling announced on Tuesday the approval, by vote, of new organizational bylaws and Board of Director members.
In an overwhelming vote of confidence and after working in close alignment, the USA Cycling Board of Directors has given a full endorsement to the next 100 years of championing American cycling at every level, by welcoming four new board members and rallying around a new mission to champion every aspect of cycling, elevating USA Cycling’s impact beyond the sport.
USA Cycling has added the following individuals to the Board of Directors: