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Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Transgender Athletes Playing Competitive Sports Was a Rising Policy Issue in 2019

The year 2019 saw an uptick in male athletes besting females in female-only sports, citing their transgender identity.

Now, lawmakers in three states—Washington, Tennessee, and Georgia—have proposed legislation that would place restrictions on transgender athletes in sports. Might legislation quell this new wave of transgender activism and make sports fair again?

The Tennessee Star reports that state Rep. Bruce Griffey, a Republican, proposed HB 1572, a bill that would “require elementary and secondary school student-athletes to compete in sports based on their biological sex at birth.”

The legislation stipulates that if Tennessee public schools violate this requirement, they would no longer be eligible to receive taxpayer subsidies from the state or a local government.

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4 comments:

ruh roh said...

So there's hope for Jake Day, Mikey Lewis , and progressive Josh Hastings will still have a chance in these sports

Anonymous said...

Was it, though? Was it really?

Girdletree said...

Obviously, in your efforts to besmirch those people you mentioned, you didn't actually read the post. You should say there is less hope. People are fighting back. Also, I didn't know they were "transgendered." Come on, we are better than that. You are doing the same the left is doing to Trump. Ease up on the rhetoric, and stick with logical arguments.

Anonymous said...

It's wrong in many ways. Just because they are confused doesn't mean we are.