Arizona Rep. Nancy Barto says her "Save Women's Sports Act" is a matter of fairness for female athletes. LGBT groups say it's discrimination.
PHOENIX – Arizona would ban female transgender students from competing in female sports under a bill that already has gained significant support from Republican lawmakers at the Capitol.
Under House Bill 2706, interscholastic and intramural leagues would have to designate sports as co-educational, male or female – based on what the law terms"biological sex." Teams or sports designated as"female" would be closed"to students of the male sex." Barto's proposal also would allow students to sue a school if they believe they were harmed by a violation of her law.
Twenty-two Republicans in the House of Representatives already have signed on as co-sponsors of the bill. Opponents see 'Save Women's Sports Act' as 'attacking transgender kids'"There's a reason these bills are popping up simultaneously," said Shannon Minter, legal director for the National Center for Lesbian Rights."There have been no problems with this issue in Arizona. This isn't responding to an issue that students are having in Arizona. This is a national campaign to use this issue – sadly – to just polarize and divide people.
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