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Civil Rights

Dec. 3, 2010

LPGA Lifts Transgender Ban

Members of the Ladies Professional Golf Association, which was sued in October by a transgender woman who was barred from competition, have voted to change a policy that allowed only women who were born female to compete.


Members of the Ladies Professional Golf Association, which was sued in October by a transgender woman who was barred from competition, have voted to change a policy that allowed only women who were born female to compete. The vote, held Tuesday, comes before the organization even filed an answer to the Northern District complaint filed by Lana Lawless, a former male and the 2008 winner of the women's World Long Drive Championship. Lawless claimed the LPGA's policy ...

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