PIAA alters language of transgender athlete policy to comply with Trump’s order
High school, Sports
February 21, 2025

PIAA alters language of transgender athlete policy to comply with Trump’s order

By By CHRIS HARLAN Trib Total Media 

The PIAA has changed its transgender athlete policy and no longer will ask member schools to determine those students’ “gender” but rather their “sex.”

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