Transphobic lawmakers, taking their cues from rightwing media, anti-LGBTQ groups like the Alliance Defending Freedom, and conservative feminists and TERFs, have found a new target in their attempts to limit the rights of trans people—trans high school athletes, and in particular, trans girls.
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
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