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Lana Lawless – Transgender Golfer Sues LPGA
Lana Lawless is a trans-gender woman who is now suing the LPGA for their requirement of competitors being "female at birth."
Lana Lawless, 57, completed her gender reassignment surgery in 2005 and since then has been living as a woman.
Lawless also won the woman's world championship in 2008 in long-drive golf. However this year she was banned from Long Drivers of America because they changed their policy to be similar to that of the LPGA.
Now Lawless has filed a lawsuit saying that the LPGA policy violates the California civil rights laws and is trying to prevent the LPGA from holding any events in California. Lawless also filed for an unknown amount of damages caused by Long Drivers of America as well as two of their title sponsors.