SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s ban on transgender athletes participating in high school sports that don’t align with their gender identity is “fully in effect,” Utah’s House speaker said, after plaintiffs challenging the law agreed to have their lawsuit dismissed.

The ban, passed in 2022 , has been on hold for years pending the resolution of the lawsuit, brought by several anonymous athletes who claimed it violated their civil rights. While that law was paused, a state commission has been tasked with determining eligibility for transgender athletes who seek to participate.

“Big news for Utah!! HB11 … which we passed in 2022, is now fully in effect as the law in Utah,” Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz, R-Hooper, said on social media. “Biological males will no longer be able to comp

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