ESPN.com news services / December 1, 2010
The LPGA's players have voted to allow transgender women golfers a chance to play on the tour.
Players voted Tuesday to amend the organization's constitution by removing the "female at birth" requirement, LPGA commissioner Michael Whan said. The vote came at a meeting ahead of the LPGA Tour Championship, which starts Thursday at Grand Cypress Golf Club in Orlando.
The change followed a lawsuit filed by a transgender women over the "female at birth" requirement.
Lana Lawless, a 57-year-old who underwent gender reassignment surgery in 2005, filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in San Francisco in October, claiming the policy violates California civil rights laws.
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http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=5869693I applaud the members of the LPGA. I wonder what the actual vote was?