A bill aiming to ban transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports has passed in the Ohio Senate.The Senate voted late Wednesday night in support of the Save Women’s Sports Act, sending it back to the House for a final vote.The act requires schools and universities to “designate separate single-sex teams and sports for each sex.”While it does allow for co-ed teams for co-ed sports, the bill bans anyone “of male sex” to participate in any women’s sport in schools or interscholastic sports.Ohio Democrats say passing a law like this is unnecessary since there’s only one transgender girl in the entire state playing high school sports.They shared part of her testimony.”I was the only trans female athlete approved to play on a girl’s high school team in the entire state. I couldn’t help but feel as though the legislation was a personal attack on me directly. I couldn’t figure out why my state government hated me so much,” the testimony read.It is not clear if Gov. DeWine will sign the bill into law. He has previously spoken out against the amendment and said he believes legislators do not need to address the matter.
A bill aiming to ban transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports has passed in the Ohio Senate.
The Senate voted late Wednesday night in support of the Save Women’s Sports Act, sending it back to the House for a final vote.
The act requires schools and universities to “designate separate single-sex teams and sports for each sex.”
While it does allow for co-ed teams for co-ed sports, the bill bans anyone “of male sex” to participate in any women’s sport in schools or interscholastic sports.
Ohio Democrats say passing a law like this is unnecessary since there’s only one transgender girl in the entire state playing high school sports.
They shared part of her testimony.
“I was the only trans female athlete approved to play on a girl’s high school team in the entire state. I couldn’t help but feel as though the legislation was a personal attack on me directly. I couldn’t figure out why my state government hated me so much,” the testimony read.
It is not clear if Gov. DeWine will sign the bill into law. He has previously spoken out against the amendment and said he believes legislators do not need to address the matter.
