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Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Law bars NSHE from taking action on transgender college athletes
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – The state and federal governments are on a collision course when it comes to transgender athletes in college sports. The NCAA ruled in Feb. that competition in women's sports is restricted to student-athletes assigned female at birth. It's the guidance they issued following President Donald Trump's executive order on college sports and Title IX. Justice Department tasked with enforcing Trump's transgender sports ban in Maine This topic has reached Nevada's college campuses with the Nevada System of Higher Education discussing it on Thursday. 'The state constitution that all regents take an oath to uphold contains an equality of rights provision,' Lynda King, NSHE's associate general counsel, said. 'I think that it's a wait-and-see approach at this time.' Regents with the Nevada System of Higher Education sought clarity on transgender athletes in college sports. Minnesota attorney general files preemptive lawsuit against Trump on transgender sports ban 'We don't want to go back to when girls cannot get what they need and be able to be protected along the way,' Susan Brager, NSHE Regent 7 – Clark County, said. The Mountain West Conference also followed suit to resemble the NCAA's policy on transgender athletes. But Nevada's equal rights law has protections for transgender people. 'Until such time that we have federal law that preempts or overrides that state constitution, we are limited in our ability to advise you,' King said. Some people at Thursday's meeting wanted regents to take action. 'Records set by dedicated female athletes are being erased by men who are stronger and faster in every available metric,' Deborah Earl said. West Virginia, Idaho asking Supreme Court to review rulings allowing transgender athletes to compete Marshi Smith serves as chair of Lt. Gov. Stavros Anthony's task force on women in college sports. She spoke in support of restrictions on college sports. 'Please take this seriously. Ensure your female athletes have safe and protected sports,' Smith said. But others at the meeting implored regents to not consider a ban on trans-athletes. 'Trans-athletics in women's sports are not the problem. Sexual assault and abusers are,' Jenna Atncio, a student at the University of Nevada, Reno, said. Jessica Munger, a representative for Silver State Equality, criticized the efforts to limit transgender people. 'Time should be spent looking into more funding opportunities, hiring women coaches, offering clinics and events, acquiring new equipment, and increasing accessibility for women. Rather than restricting who gets to play,' Munger said. There are several legal hurdles before regents on the Nevada System of Higher Education can vote on whether or not to ban trans college athletes. Two volleyball players from UNR filed a lawsuit last year against the Mountain West Conference. They alleged their Title IX and 14th Amendment rights were violated after they refused to play against a San Jose State transgender student. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Nevada Democrat proposes study on slavery's impact, possible reparations
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Nevada Democratic assemblymember is proposing a bill to create a commission to study discrimination against Black Americans and possible reparations. Assem. Ruben D'Silva's proposal would create a body within the Nevada System of Higher Education to analyze and study 'the economic, political, social, educational, and historical impacts of slavery, Jim Crow… racial discrimination, and other lingering effects of slavery,' according to a news release. The commission would then present its findings to the Legislature the next legislative session, including possible 'forms of rehabilitation or restitution to descendants of formerly enslaved Africans,' a bill draft request said. 'I am honored to bring forth this bill to the 83rd legislative session,' D'Silva said in a news release. 'This commission will study and address key issues that have stemmed from slavery, Jim Crow, as well as de jure and de facto racial discrimination through a distinctly Nevada lens. This bill is about education and justice.' The bill was not introduced in the Nevada Assembly as of Tuesday. Democrats in California created a similar task force in 2020, which later made recommendations, including monetary reparations for qualifying individuals. Last year, California lawmakers declined to consider any payments. Lawmakers in Illinois and New York passed similar laws as D'Silva's proposal to study reparations, the Associated Press reported. In the 1990s, Florida created a scholarship fund for descendants of Black Floridians killed in a 1923 massacre. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
