Democratic Kansas Governor Laura Kelly vetoed two Republican state congressional bills Friday: one that proposed a ban on transgender athletes in girls’ sports and another that would allow parents to challenge Kansas public education curriculum.
Tennessee legislation that would withhold funding from school districts allowing transgender students to participate in sports, has advanced toward Gov. Bill Lee’s desk for signature after passing in the Senate Education Committee on March 29.
Concerned Women For America recently filed a formal civil rights complaint against the University of Pennsylvania, claiming that under Title IX with the U.S. Department of Education, the school refused to protect the rights of its college female athletes under federal law.
“Girls have a right to excel in their sport and compete for records on a national scale, to compete for scholarships for universities and not have those taken,” said the bill’s author.
Reka Gyorgy belonged in the finals of the 500-yard freestyle at last week’s NCAA Women’s Swimming Championships in Atlanta — but the NCAA refused to exercise the slightest bit of common sense when it came to male University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas.
A US world champion track runner is speaking out against athletes assigned male at birth competing against women, warning that 'if male-bodied athletes continue competing on female teams, it will be the end of women’s sports.'
