The group that governs high school sports in Georgia has updated its policy addressing athletes and gender, and the change is getting measured praise from transgender advocacy groups.
The Georgia High School Association used to require an athlete’s gender be determined by what was written on his or her birth certificate. Now, the association is backing off gender policy and instead leaving it up to each school.
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