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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Collin Binkley

Trump admin says San Jose State broke the law by allowing trans volleyball player on team

The Trump administration has concluded that San Jose State University discriminated against women by permitting a transgender athlete to compete on its women’s volleyball team, the US Education Department announced on Wednesday.

The department has presented San Jose State with a resolution deal. Under its terms, the California-based university would be required to adopt the administration’s definitions of "male" and "female," reinstate titles and records that officials claim were "misappropriated by male athletes," and issue an apology to female athletes.

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