(a)As used in this section:
(i)"Athletic competition" means any intercollegiate
athletic display between teams or persons, including a contest,
exhibition, performance or sport;
(ii)"Educational institution" means the University
of Wyoming and each Wyoming community college;
(iii)"Female" means a person who has, had, will have
or would have had, but for a congenital anomaly or intentional
or unintentional disruption, the reproductive system that at
some point produces, transports and utilizes eggs for
fertilization;
(iv)"Individual sport" means an athletic activity
where participants compete as individuals for a time, score or
result, regardless of whether their individual time, score or
result contributes to an overall team score;
(v)"Male" means a person who has, had, will have or
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(a) As used in this section:
(i) "Athletic competition" means any intercollegiate
athletic display between teams or persons, including a contest,
exhibition, performance or sport;
(ii) "Educational institution" means the University
of Wyoming and each Wyoming community college;
(iii) "Female" means a person who has, had, will have
or would have had, but for a congenital anomaly or intentional
or unintentional disruption, the reproductive system that at
some point produces, transports and utilizes eggs for
fertilization;
(iv) "Individual sport" means an athletic activity
where participants compete as individuals for a time, score or
result, regardless of whether their individual time, score or
result contributes to an overall team score;
(v) "Male" means a person who has, had, will have or
would have had, but for a congenital anomaly or intentional or
unintentional disruption, the reproductive system that at some
point produces, transports and utilizes sperm for fertilization.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section,
no educational institution shall allow:
(i) A student to compete in an athletic competition
sponsored or authorized by the educational institution that is
designated for the sex opposite to the student's sex;
(ii) A male student to compete in an athletic
competition that is mixed-sex in a position that is designated
by rule or procedure for female students;
(iii) Participation in any athletic competition
designated for students of the female sex with or against a team
that the educational institution knows has on the team a student
of the male sex;
(iv) Except as provided by subsection (c) of this
section, in the case of an individual sport, students of the
female sex to directly compete against a student that the
educational institution knows is a student of the male sex if
the educational institution determines that the competition
would be unsafe or unfair to the students of the female sex.
(c) An educational institution may allow a female student
to compete in an athletic competition that is designated for
male students if a corresponding athletic competition designated
for female students is not offered or available.
(d) For purposes of this section, a statement of a
student's sex on the student's official birth certificate is
considered to have correctly stated the student's sex only if
the statement was entered at or near the time of the student's
birth or modified to correct a clerical error in the student's
sex.
(e) No educational institution shall retaliate against a
person for reporting a violation of this section. An
educational institution may discipline a student or employee of
the institution for making a false report of a violation of this
section.
(f) A person shall have a private civil cause of action
against an educational institution for any violation of this
section. An action filed pursuant to this section shall be
subject to W.S. 1-39-113 and 1-39-114. The liability of an
educational institution for any violation of this section shall
not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00).
(g) A person may seek declaratory and injunctive relief
against an educational institution for any violation of this
section. The court may order injunctive or other equitable
relief. The court may award the prevailing party reasonable
attorney's fees and costs.
(h) The University of Wyoming and the Wyoming community
college commission shall promulgate rules to implement this
section. Rules adopted under this subsection shall ensure
compliance with state and federal law regarding the
confidentiality of student medical information.