US EditionGeorgia House keeps hate crimes protection as it seeks to restrict transgender sports participation
- The Georgia House passed the 'Riley Gaines Act,' which prohibits transgender athletes from participating in women's sports, with a vote of 102-54.
- The bill is named after Riley Gaines, a proponent of keeping biological males out of women's sports after competing against Lia Thomas.
- Democratic Representative Karla Drenner described the bill as a 'dangerous, deeply discriminatory piece of legislation that goes far beyond the realm of athletics.'
- The Georgia high school athletic association bans transgender students from participating in sports based on their gender identity, and 25 other states have similar laws.
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The right needs to stop hiding and start speaking up
Last week, the Wall Street Journal published a feature on the ideological divide in a southeastern Pennsylvania borough — where I happen to live. The article featured a photo of Elizabethtown High School, about half a mile from my home, with a group of teenagers and an adult organizer outside, calling for greater recognition of transgender identities. According to the report, the borough is “tearing itself apart” over “preferred pronouns.”One pr…
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roughdraftatlanta.comGeorgia’s House and Senate have now passed bills restricting transgender athletes
The Georgia House of Representatives on Thursday adopted its own version of legislation that would limit transgender student competition in school sports, making the final passage of a law on the topic more likely after a similar bill passed the Senate earlier this month. House Bill 267 was approved 102-54, with a couple of Democrats crossing party lines to vote with Republicans for passage. It would open schools and colleges to lawsuits for allo
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