The Republican-led House is expected to pass a bill that would bar schools and colleges that get federal money from allowing transgender athletes whose biological sex assigned at birth was male to compete on girls or women’s sports teams or athletic events
House Rules Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., left, speaks with Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas, as the panel prepares Republican legislation that would prohibit transgender women and girls from playing on sports teams that match their gender identity, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, April 17, 2023.
The bill would amend landmark civil rights legislation passed more than 50 years ago to prohibit recipients of federal money from permitting a person “whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls.” The bill defines sex as “based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.”
“These bills tell some of the most vulnerable children in our country that they do not belong," Jayapal said."Shame on you.” “There’s your raging national problem,” Pocan said. “What’s the Republicans response to this nonexistent issue? Hurt kids for being kids.”
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