Congressional Equality Caucus slams proposed federal ban on transgender student athletes
The U.S. Congressional Equality Caucus has come out against a proposal from House Republicans to ban transgender student athletes. “This is not about girls’ and women’s sports; it’s about attacking trans kids,” Caucus Chair Rep.
Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) said in a press release Monday. “This sports ban is just the opening salvo in their larger efforts to limit the rights of and demonize the LGBTQI+ community, and the Equality Caucus will do everything it can to defeat it,” he said.
The caucus’ issuance of the press release comes ahead of the bill’s scheduled mark-up on Wednesday by the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee.
The legislation would bar any participation in school sports by trans athletes, stipulating that “sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth” for purposes of compliance with Title IX.
