The Tennessean reports. “The bill includes no exception for transgender athletes receiving gender-affirming care, such as hormone blockers,” the paper notes.
The state’s House of Representatives has not yet scheduled a final vote on it.Such bills have been introduced in more than 20 states this year, aimed primarily at keeping trans girls and women from competing with cisgender females.
Backers claim trans females have an unfair advantage — something disputed by LGBTQ+ activists as well as scientists, as hormones are but one of many factors that contribute to an athlete’s performance — and have resorted to using scare tactics, such as contending trans participation will destroy women’s sports.The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic.