The Senate has rejected legislation aiming to bar transgender women and girls from participating in school athletic competitions designated for female athletes.

Summary

A Senate bill to ban transgender women and girls from female sports teams failed to advance in a test vote, falling short of the 60 votes needed in a 51-45 party-line tally.

The bill sought to define Title IX protections based on reproductive biology at birth. Republicans argued it ensured fairness in women’s sports, while Democrats called it unnecessary and divisive.

Trump previously signed an executive order aligning federal policy with this view, and the NCAA changed its rules accordingly.

LGBTQ+ advocates condemned the bill as exclusionary.

  • Drusas@fedia.io
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    2 days ago

    I think that comes down to homophobic, heterosexual men feeling like they will be “tricked” into being attracted to a trans woman.

    You don’t see that level of homophobia as much among women.