Summary
The U.S. House of Representatives, led by Republicans, passed the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act” in a 218-206 vote.
The bill redefines Title IX protections, banning transgender women and girls from competing in school sports that align with their gender identity in federally funded schools.
Critics, including 400+ civil rights groups, argue it could violate students’ privacy and lacks enforcement clarity.
The bill faces slim chances in the Senate.
Broader political conflicts over disaster relief funding are complicating its path forward.
Focusing on the important issues now aren’t we? /s
I’ve seen a lot of my fellow trans folk say the Democrats were going to support this. That Democrats are going to throw us under the bus and let our rights be taken away, supporting it even. Yet here we are with an actual vote on the direct subject of Trans folks’ existence and whether we can participate in sports and only 2 Dems voted for it. 1 voted present. The vast majority of the Democratic party supports trans rights and will vote against shit like this.
When it comes to the military budget last year, which had the transphobic rider, a budget was on the line, they voted for the budget because of how important that was, regardless of how that was incredibly misguided.
Democrats still vastly support trans people.
Nah, impossible, I was told bLuEmAGa was just as bad as real MAGA and we needed to teach em a lesson!
Plege of Allegiance looking like: https://youtu.be/H4UHqFoB_5k&t=112
Do they not care about transgender men in sports?
They probably just assume that transmen will always lose to “real men” and won’t be a “problem”.
It will be fun to watch the conservatives rant and rage when that assumption is disproven, except that it will lead to more bad laws.
