CNN. Despite that lack of evidence, 31 states have introduced legislation that would ban trans women from participating in sports at the high school and collegiate level.
Three of those states, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee, have already signed such bills into law.Many of the bills are derived from a trans-exclusionary bill that Idaho signed into law in 2020.
According to the Idaho Press, that law was reportedly crafted with the aid of the Alliance Defending Freedom, a notoriously anti-LGBTQ legal organization.
While the Idaho law was quickly struck down by a federal judge, it hasn’t stopped other conservatives from using its blueprint.The bill vetoed by South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem earlier this year followed this rubric.