The Association of Interscollastic Activities of Nevada (NIAA) voted on Tuesday to adopt a new gender eligibility policy that prohibits trans athletes from girls’ sports. Now, only biological women can compete in the category of girls in the state.
Lieutenant Governor of Nevada, Stavros Anthony, praised the decision in a statement.
“I praise the NIAA for taking this important and brave step,” said Governor Stavros Anthony. “Today’s vote sends a clear message: Nevada values and protects opportunities for female athletes. Girls deserve a leveling playing field, and this action helps to guarantee that they can compete, grow and succeed without having to compromise security or justice.”
The change marks a reversal of the previous policy of the State that allowed Trans athletes in sports of girls and women, which resulted in multiple controversial incidents that occurred in recent years.
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Exterior view of the State Assembly building. Scenes around the Capitol building in the state of Nevada. (Ty O’Neil/Soup images/Lightrocket through Getty Images)
The constitution of the State was reviewed in 2022, when Democratic legislators voted to adopt the amendment for equal rights, which added gender identity to their list of diversity classifications that are protected by state law.
The law caused a national publicized dispute between the University of Nevada, Reno and its women’s volleyball players in October.
The players approached the university administrators in private to express their desire to lose a party against the State University of San José, who on the list of a trans athlete. But the university did not honor that application and instead He issued a statement Insist that he would play the game. Nevada also insisted that their players would be allowed to jump the contest without facing the discipline.
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The Senate candidate of the Republican Party Sam Brown talks to Sia Liilii. (Sam Brown campaign)
The team finally lost the day before the game was played, because it did not have enough players. However, the University has said that it had discussions with players about possible “legal problems” that would arise if the game was not played.
“The university administrators met with the Nevada volleyball team and discussed scenarios of what could happen if they decided not to play. One of the scenarios that was discussed revolved around possible legal problems to violate the Constitution of Nevada,” said a statement that was provided exclusively to Pak Gazette Digital by the University of Nevada, Reno.
The dispute between the players became a national controversy that even attracted the dominant political attention in the weeks prior to the November elections.
Meanwhile, at the youth level, a Navada high school girl, Ava Chávez, 13, told an experience of having to face a trans athlete in a letter that she delivered to state legislators last week.
Nevada Wolf Pack Players of female volleyball with Sam Brown and Tulsi Gabbard. (Sam Brown campaign)
“When the ball is on the other side of the network, they have the opportunity to balance, and we have the opportunity to block. This can be dangerous for us because if the blockers cannot block the boy’s blow, it could hurt dangerously.
Another girl, Kendall Lewis, 17, has also experienced having to face a trans volleyball player due to state policies, previously told Pak Gazette Digital in an interview.
Now, Nevada joins another 26 states in the US that prohibit trans athletes in girls in girls and is the last to comply with the executive order of President Donald Trump to address the problem.
