Sports Grapples with the Transgender Issue – a Legal Analysis

By Courtney E. Dunn, of Segal McCambridge The specifics of transgender athletes competing both with and against cisgender athletes has become a topic on which schools, sports programs, and leagues nationwide have been seeking guidance. With positions rooted in tradition, fairness, privacy, and the risk of personal injury on both sides of the coin, interscholastic athletic associations and local leagues are in the process of navigating best practices for all athletes. While there has been no c