VeloNews Senior Editor Betsy Welch contributed to this story.
Kristin Diamond saw storm clouds gathering over Arkansas back in February.
Diamond, who along with Brook Watts runs Parkven Productions, the operations group behind the 2022 UCI World Cyclocross Championships in Fayetteville, watched as lawmakers in Arkansas proposed three bills to limit the rights of transgendered people. Among the bills was HB1570, which denies transgender youth access to gender-affirming care.
“Call it what it is this is hateful legislation,” Diamond told
VeloNews. “It was pretty obvious before it even went to committee that it was going to pass. And it was very obvious to us that this was going to be an issue.”
States With Anti-Trans Laws Might Not Get to Host NCAA Championships April 12 2021 8:35 PM EDT
The National Collegiate Athletic Association has issued a warning to states enacting or considering laws barring transgender athletes from competing under their gender identity these locations may not get to host NCAA championships.
“The NCAA Board of Governors firmly and unequivocally supports the opportunity for transgender student-athletes to compete in college sports,” reads a statement released Monday afternoon. “This commitment is grounded in our values of inclusion and fair competition.
“The NCAA has a long-standing policy that provides a more inclusive path for transgender participation in college sports. Our approach which requires testosterone suppression treatment for transgender women to compete in women’s sports embraces the evolving science on this issue and is anchored in participation policies of both the International Olympic Committee and the U.S. Olym
Supreme Court conservatives may reset balance between LGBTQ rights and religious liberty
The pediment of the Supreme Court building.
(J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press)
April 13, 2021 7:44 AM PT
WASHINGTON
The Supreme Court is set to decide soon whether conservative Christians have a constitutional right to refuse to work with same-sex couples while participating in a city-funded foster care program that forbids such discrimination.
It is the latest and possibly most significant culture-wars clash between the 1st Amendment’s right to the free exercise of religion which has been bolstered of late by the court’s conservatives and the right to marriage equality that was upheld in a 5-4 liberal decision in 2015.
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Former Trump administration officials are building a new conservative think tank, America First Policy Institute, to cement former President Donald Trump's policy agenda as the dominant guide for Republicans in Washington and across the country to follow.