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Tennessee governor attacks trans athletes

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Republican Tennessee governor, Bill Lee, attacked the American trans community in a speech on Wednesday 10 February, saying it is unfair on cisgender women to allow trans athletes to compete alongside them.

According to AP News, Lee said trans-inclusion in athletics will “destroy women’s sports.” He continued: “It will ruin the opportunity for girls to earn scholarships.

It will put a glass ceiling back over women that hasn’t been there in some time. I think it’s bad for women and for women’s sports.”Hope Jackson, the Human Rights Campaign’s deputy national campaign director, criticised Lee’s attack on trans athletes, saying he has “no interest in equity, choosing instead to fearmonger and demonise children in his state.” Jackson continued:.

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