Transgender athletes in women’s sports: 70 bills across 26 states designed to protect female participants
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(Worthy News) – The hot-button issue of transgender athletes participating in women’s sports is coming to a head in state legislatures across the country.
Nationwide, there are more than 70 bills in 26 state governments that would prevent transgender athletes from participating in sports using their preferred gender instead of their biological sex, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
Conservatives argue that allowing transgender women to play against biological women would present them with an unfair advantage that would hurt biological women, while Democrats argue that such a policy would isolate and discriminate against people who are trying to embrace their gender identity. [ Source: Washington Examiner (Read More…) ]
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