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Transgender Student Athletes ‘Just Want to Play.’ Will Federal Law Assure They Can?
“I would argue that Title IX already prohibits this type of discrimination,” said Shiwali Patel, a lawyer with the National Women’s Law Center. If the department were to add specific language protecting transgender students’ right to participate in sports, “it would clarify and make explicit that these types of bans are unlawful,” Patel said.