Republican legislators in five states—New Hampshire, Missouri, Georgia, Washington, and Tennessee—have recently
that would, if passed, bar trans students from competing in single-gender sports. In at least two states, the bills specifically bar trans girls and women from competing in women’s athletic events.a bill that would require public schools to ensure that students are competing “against other athletes based on the athlete’s biological sex as indicated on the athlete’s original birth certificate issued at the time of birth.
While the majority of bills target all trans students, it’s clear that the panic around trans athletes is directed largely at trans girls and women. New Hampshire’s bill, sponsored by a group of Republicans, specifically
Sports are played by bodies, not gender-feelings.
Your headline is very misleading. Trans students can still compete in sports, but based on their sex, not 'gender identity'. Trans boys on testosterone, can't compete in the sex group though, as that is doping. I think most would be OK with them competing against boys.
No. Sports are sex segregated for REASONS. What's with this new trend of pretending that sex differences don't exist? Pretending that trans women don't have major advantages in sport? Pretending that women can't be seriously injured by men in sports?
I can't believe there was a time I took you guys seriously. Nothing but disingenuous coverage of serious women's issues framing women's rights as the problem. Sports is SEX SEGREGATED for a reason.
You mean stop biological males competing against women
Any biologically born male, however old you are, demanding to play or participating in female sports is a dangerous cheat. You will be called out & just like drug cheats your disgraceful choices will be remembered. Imagine a bloke playing my sport Rugby Union! MaleViolence
Your headline is a lie. None of the legislation you described stops any student from competing in sports.
This framing is completely dishonest,trans athletes are more than welcome + able to compete in sports in thier SEX class. We perform sports with our sexed bodies not with our inner perceptions of ourselves. Identify with your gender compete with your sex.
FFS you dont think people see right through that headline? 🙄 “Republican lawmakers are trying to keep girl’s sports for girls and prevent unfair invasion of female sports by males” There, it’s fixed
Every sane person would stop this nonsense
If you wanna fight gender criticals and their unlikely partners on this particular issue, at least do it honestly. They dont want to prevent them from competing in sports. They want them to compete in their sex category, a sane measure.
So according to Jezebel a lawmaker wanting to “prohibit male students from competing with and against female students” is 'disgusting.' What's disgusting is your utter lack of respect for girls and women's sports.
And this is wrong because? (Answer: because it's the evil Rethuglicanz.....) File this under cutting off your nose to spite your face. 🤔
You mean allowing girls to have fair sports, right? Trans can compete in their own sex category.
Ignorance. So much ignorance.
When Republicans are doing a better job of protecting opportunity for women and girls, the Left might just be doing something wrong
I think you mean protecting single sex sports, and it’s not just republicans who want this.
Males have numerous physiological advantage over females: skeletal structure, heart/lung size, blood oxygenation, more hemoglobin in blood, higher basal metabolic rate, higher systolic blood pressure, larger circulating blood volume, greater bone density, taller, bigger feet, etc
Lie. The law is to protect single sex sports, to PROTECT GIRLS!! Do you care about the rights of girls to single sex competition