As children across the U.S. head back to classes and practices for fall sports, four more states are expecting their K-12 schools to keep transgender girls off their girls teams.
in the fall. A few laws, including ones in Arizona and West Virginia, are on hold because of federal lawsuits.
“Those are uncomfortable conversations,” said Jeanne Woodbury, interim executive director of the LGBGT+ rights group Equality Arizona. “Everyone is going through that process.” “It has not been met with any resistance and has not been met with any outpouring of support or opposition, one way or the other,” Faflick said.
Critics also argue that transgender athletes are so few that schools and associations governing school sports can handle their individual cases without a state law. The state is trying to persuade a federal appeals court to let it enforce its law, and in a filing last month, it cited the longer distances Becky threw this year as a reason. The state said any time another girl finished behind Becky in either event — more than 180 times — the other athlete had been unfairly “displaced.”
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