Kentucky’s GOP-led legislature voted on Wednesday to override Democratic Governor Andy Beshear’s veto to enact a law to ban biological males from competing in …
Kentucky’s GOP-led legislature voted on Wednesday to override Democratic Governor Andy Beshear’s veto to enact a law to ban biological males from competing in girls’ sports from 6th-12th grades and from women’s sports in college. The override occurred after Beshear vetoed SB 83, the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, last week and claimed the legislation would likely not hold up under legal challenges. The bill originally passed in the Kentucky House of Representatives 70-23 and in the state Senate 26-9. SB 83 requires a student to compete in sports according to the gender assigned at birth. Biological male athletes who seek to compete in female sports will not be allowed to participate. “If it were truly the intention of the General Assembly to prevent unfair advantage in women’s sports, it needed to look no further than the policies of the Kentucky High School Athletic Association,” Beshear wrote in a letter with his veto last week. Governor Andy Beshear vetoes SB 83, the bill than bans trans girls from playing on girls sports teams. @LEX18News Here is his veto message: pic.twitter.com/ADBprrwL2B Karolina Buczek (@Karolina_Buczek) April 6, 2022 “The KHSAA [Kentucky High School Athletic Association] has approached the issue of transgender sports participation with nuance, collaboration and a sense of fairness that would allow transgender children the opportunity to participate in sports without disturbing the competitive balance.
