ABOUT THIS MAP
GLSEN advocates for policies that ensure that transgender, nonbinary, and intersex students have equal opportunity to participate in all K-12 school sports in a way that aligns with their gender identity. This map examines state policies impacting equal opportunity to participate in school sports consistent with gender identity with a focus on high school interscholastic athletic participation.

Fourteen states and Washington, D.C. have policies that affirm equal opportunity to participate in all K-12 school sports consistent with gender identity (click here for full list and linked policies).

One state (Hawaii) and five territories have not adopted policies or issued guidance on participation consistent with gender identity in K-12 interscholastic athletics. As such, the participation of transgender, nonbinary, and intersex students in interscholastic athletics is left to individual districts, schools, or administrators who may use inclusive criteria, exclusionary criteria, or fully prohibit participation consistent with gender identity.

Eight states have adopted policies that impose restrictions on trans inclusion in interscholastic sports (click here for full list and linked policies).

Twenty-seven states have adopted policies that categorically exclude trans youth from sports participation consistent with gender identity (click here for full list and linked policies). Of these:

• Twenty-five states have enacted discriminatory laws categorically banning participation in K-12 sports consistent with gender identity. Several lawsuits are currently challenging these laws. Two of these states (Florida and New Hampshire) previously had trans-inclusive state guidance.
• 1 state, Alaska, has adopted a regulation categorically banning participation consistent with gender identity.
• 1 state, Georgia, has a State Interscholastic Athletic Association Policy that uses gender recorded at birth to determine eligibility, thereby categorically banning participation consistent with gender identity.

Source: Analysis of state policy data by GLSEN, supported by state policy data collected and analyzed by TransAthlete.com and Movement Advancement Project (MAP). MAP provides state policy data on post-secondary school sports bans and on the timeline and actions of specific legal challenges to categorical sports bans. GLSEN continues to assess and categorize states on this map based on updates to state laws and regulations. If you see a state on this map that needs an update, please email policy@glsen.org.

GLSEN partnered with TransAthlete.com on the initial collection of data on state interscholastic athletic association policies on transgender and nonbinary athletic inclusion. Findings and recommendations are available in our issue brief: Gender Affirming and Inclusive Athletics Participation.