Over 400 student, professional and Olympic athletes and 60 advocacy groups have asked the NCAA to remove sponsored events from Idaho while House Bill 500 is in place, as originally reported by Sports Illustrated.
House Bill 500, or the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, bans transgender women from participating in women’s high school and college sports in Idaho based on “inherent differences that are physiological, chromosomal, and hormonal,” according to previous Argonaut reporting. The bill overruled previous NCAA and Idaho High School Activities Association women’s athletics policies when it was passed in March.