North Carolina Lawmakers Override Governor's Veto of 3 Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills
The bills, restricting trans health care, trans sports participation, and LGBTQ+ content in schools, now become law immediately.
August 16, 2023
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The bills, restricting trans health care, trans sports participation, and LGBTQ+ content in schools, now become law immediately.
The Justice Department has taken a stand in a Connecticut lawsuit that seeks to bar trans girls from competing with their cisgender peers.
The federal judge blocked the state from enforcing its trans-exclusionary school sports law against 11-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson.
A court had previously ruled the plantiffs had no standing.
This follows a similar vote from the state school board.
Only the board’s lone student advisor voted against the ban.
Gov. Kristi Noem's action comes after she sought changes to anti-trans legislation, drawing criticism from the right, and some now say she's trying to save face with conservatives.
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."
The bill would deny trans women and girls the opportunity to compete in sports that align with their gender identity.
“The only child that was harmed in this entire investigation was my own child,” Jessica Norton said of her daughter's ban from playing girls' volleyball — a sport her daughter had played for years.
The state's trans-exclusionary sports law applies only to transgender girls, not trans boys.
A judge has blocked the ban on trans girls in girls' sports, days after it was reported that there had been complaints about supposed trans competitors.
The bill, which would keep trans girls out of girls' school sports, appeared to be dead in committee last week.
The Trump Administration is suing Maine for allowing trans girls to participate in girls sports, but Gov. Mills says this "has never been about the protection of women and girls."
Iowa's bill seeks to bar trans girls and women from female sports, while Utah's would set up a commission to determine trans athletes' eligibility.
Most of them seek to keep trans girls and women off of female sports teams or prevent trans youth from receiving gender-affirming medical care.
The ads make misleading claims about gender-confirmation procedures and say trans athletes will destroy girls' sports.
State Sen. Kelli Stargel, who recently announced a bid for Congress, was behind the state's bill barring trans girls from participating in girls' sports teams.
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasted anti-trans legislation targeting girls in sports at a hearing dripping with transphobia.
Lawmakers are considering bills to ban gender-affirming care for youth and bar trans girls and women from female school sports teams.
The Department of Justice, headed by William Barr, supports a state law barring trans females from girls' and women's school sports teams.