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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Trans golfer suing to play

Outsports has a good summary on the Lana Lawless case, including links to various press coverage.

Here's a snippet:

A transgender golfer is suing two big women’s golf entities for the right to play as a woman. Lana Lawless won the 2009 Long Drivers of America title in 2009; The group then changed their rules to state that a player must have been born a biological woman to participate. The LPGA is also only open to people who were biological women at birth. Despite Lawless being a post-operative transsexual, recognized legally as female with her birth certificate saying female, she has been banned from playing.

Read in full HERE.

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