Republican state legislators in two deep red states will try to pass bills banning transgender girls from participating in high school women’s sports leagues and …
Republican state legislators in two deep red states will try to pass bills banning transgender girls from participating in high school women’s sports leagues and events, over the objections of governors from their own parties. The top leaders of the state House and Senate in both Utah and Indiana said they would hold votes in attempts to override vetos issued this week by Govs. Spencer Cox (R) and Eric Holcomb (R), respectively. Holcomb vetoed the Indiana bill Monday, pointing to likely legal action to come. He said in a message to legislators that he saw no evidence that transgender girls participating in women’s sports was causing harm to his state. Cox followed Holcomb’s lead on Tuesday, formally vetoing his state’s measure after promising to do so for several weeks. He pointed to the four transgender athletes playing high school sports in Utah, only one of whom is participating in girls’ sports — and the overwhelming number of transgender youth who report feeling suicidal or attempting suicide.
