ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia Senate committee kicked off a new push by Republicans in the state to ban transgender women from participating in women’s sports,
Former collegiate swimmers Kaitlynn Wheeler, from third left, Riley Gaines, and Grace Countie, who competed in Georgia but aren't from the state, prepare to testify in opposition to transgender athletes in women's sports in front of the state senate's Special Committee on Protecting Women's Sports at the Capitol in Atlanta, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024.
“We’re here to protect female athletes and that’s what we should be doing as legislators,” Jones told the committee Tuesday. “And I know that’s what we’re going to be able to do at the high school level, because we’re going to take those reins away from a private organization, from the Georgia High School Association, because as elected officials, that should be our duty.
At least 23 mostly Republican states have passed laws to restrict transgender women from participating in college and high school sports, and three more states have passed laws to ban participation only at the high school level, according to the Movement Advancement Project, a gay rights group. “You allowed college women to be traumatized and violated on your campus in this way. Why didn’t you protect us?” Gaines asked.
Many Republicans say they believe a large majority of the public supports their efforts, and there was a push to showcase the issue in 2022 elections. Jeff Graham of Georgia Equality said gay rights groups estimate that conservative groups spent millions on advertising criticizing transgender women’s participation in Georgia’s 2022 U.S. Senate race seeking to aid Republican Herschel Walker, who lost to Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock.
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