House Bans Transgender Athletes from Female Sports
metroweekly.comThe New York Times.The bill now heads to the Republican-controlled Senate. But due to the filibuster, seven Democrats would have to vote with Republicans to meet the 60-vote threshold needed to end debate on the bill before it receives an up-or-down vote.
Republicans — who have seized on Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential race as evidence that a slew of anti-transgender attack ads resonated with voters — have cast the measure as necessary to protect the safety of cisgender female athletes and ensure they are not denied opportunities to excel by being forced to compete against athletes assigned male at birth.
Republicans also see the issue as one on which they align more closely with the views of most Americans than do Democrats, creating a perfect wedge issue with which to bludgeon Democrats in future election cycles.“The overwhelming majority believe men don’t belong in women’s sports,” U.S.
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