Bans on Biological Males Competing in Girls’ Sports Now Sweeping the Nation
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has allowed a bill barring biological males from female scholastic sports to become law without his signature, but he isn’t happy about it.
The Republican governor said he worries Senate Bill 0133 is “overly draconian,” describing the measure as a solution in search of a problem in a state with about 91,000 students and just four known transgender athletes.
“First, while I support and agree with the overall goal of fairness in competitive sports, I am concerned that the ban included in this legislation is overly draconian, is discriminatory without attention to individual circumstances or mitigating factors, and pays little attention to the fundamental principles of equality,” Mr. Gordon said in a March 17 letter.
His reservations notwithstanding, such bills are on a roll nationwide. Wyoming becomes the 19th state to pass Fairness in Women’s Sports measures despite pushback from LGBTQ advocates who insist that “trans women are women” and decry the laws as “transgender sports bans.”
Like the other state laws, the Wyoming measure does not prevent boys who identify as girls from playing on boys’ sports teams, or prevent girls no matter their gender identity from participating on either boys’ or girls’ squads. (Read more from “Bans on Biological Males Competing in Girls’ Sports Now Sweeping the Nation” HERE)
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