No wholesale ban of transgender athletes, U.S. Department of Education proposes

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : She said that schools should tailor their policies to each sport and level of competition and that she would "caution any school about taking something off the shelf ... including ... a particular athletic association rule."Speaking to ESPN on Thursday, Chris Mosier, transgender athlete and inclusion advocate, said: "I applaud the Department for taking this step to update the athletics eligibility rule to advance Title IX's goal of ensuring equal opportunity in athletics and as this process continues, I encourage them to create the most expansive and powerful rule to support transgender students."Also among those welcoming the department's proposed rule was Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, executive director of the national center for transgender equality (NCTE).

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