Kentucky Advances Anti-Trans Sports Bill
transgender-exclusionary sports bill.The state’s House of Representatives voted 70-23 to approve legislation barring trans girls from competing in girls’ sports in middle schools, high schools, and public colleges and universities, the Lexington Herald-Leader reports.
The measure, Senate Bill 83, was already passed by the Senate, but because the House amended it, it goes back to the Senate for concurrence before heading to Gov.
Andy Beshear.Beshear, a Democrat, has generally been supportive of LGBTQ+ rights, so there’s a possibility he’d veto the bill.
But in Kentucky, it takes only a simple majority of legislators to override a governor’s veto.Because it includes post-secondary sports, the bill conflicts with National Collegiate Athletic Association policies, which allow trans girls and women to compete on female sports teams, with some restrictions.
