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Texas U.S. Reps. Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez were the lone Democratic votes for the so-called Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.
The Senate is unlikely to bring the legislation to a vote.
While it's not expected to pass the Senate, it's still important to stand up and speak out against such legislation, LGBTQ+ advocates say.
A companion bill is being fast-tracked in the House as well.
A U.S. House committee will consider the bill Wednesday.
Democrats say the bill would open the door for sexual predators to exploit young people.
Over 400 human rights organizations had asked the Republican-controlled chamber to reject the bill, which "does not address the longstanding barriers all girls and women have faced in their pursuit of athletics."
Led by Equality Caucus chair Rep. Mark Pocan, advocates for transgender rights and fellow Democrats vow to stick up for trans kids.
The bill would deny trans women and girls the opportunity to compete in sports that align with their gender identity.
Loeffler, who's in a crowded special election race, is living up to her claim that she's "more conservative than Attila the Hun."
Republicans failed to get 60 votes to move the discriminatory bill forward.
She told a reporter to "shut up" during a press conference Wednesday.
Mace, an anti-LGBTQ+ Republican South Carolina congresswoman, invited Crockett, a Texas Democrat, to “take it outside” when the latter pointed to the GOP lawmaker’s constant attacks on transgender people.
This year, for the first time, the “Day of Silence” morphed into a day of action called the “Day of (NO) Silence.”
With trans rights under siege, a new PAC is stepping up to support lawmakers who refuse to back down.
Stella Keating testified eloquently in favor of the LGBTQ+ rights bill, while Alphonso David stood up to the South Carolina senator's distortions.
The Department of Justice, headed by William Barr, supports a state law barring trans females from girls' and women's school sports teams.
The former governor and ambassador joins the right-wing chorus of alarmist rhetoric on trans female athletes.
The congresswoman and conspiracy theorist vehemently opposes legislation that would protect LGBTQ+ people from discrimination in housing, work, and more.
"Pride is a protest, and it's happening whether the most-anti LGBTQ+ administration in history acknowledges it or not," an HRC spokesperson told The Advocate.
Federal appeals courts have ruled against the laws, so the states are petitioning SCOTUS.
