West Lafayette schools hit pause on transgender athlete ban

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — West Side school officials are catching heat for a proposed ban on certain transgender student-athletes.A new policy ...

November 26, 2022
3:04 AM

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — West Side school officials are catching heat for a proposed ban on certain transgender student-athletes.A new policy would ban students born male from playing on girls sports teams. But West Lafayette school board members say this wasn't their idea.Instead, they're blaming a new state law banning athletes designated male at birth from playing in school-sanctioned girls sports.The mother of a 10-year-old Indianapolis Public Schools softball player is challenging the law.

Joseph Paul