Alabama lawmakers vote to ban trans girls from female teams

[TexasTowelie]

MONTGOMERY — Alabama could soon become the next conservative state to prevent transgender girls from playing on female sports teams.

The Republican-dominated Alabama Legislature on Thursday gave final passage to a bill that would prohibit K-12 schools from letting a “biological male” participate on a female team. The bill now goes to Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, who has not yet said whether she would sign the bill.

The Alabama Senate on Thursday voted 25-5 to approve the House-passed bill. The House accepted minor Senate changes to the bill by a vote of 76-13. More than a dozen states are considering restrictions on transgender athletes or gender-confirming health care for transgender minors.

“I believe that this bill is important, ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, to protect the integrity of women’s athletics,” Republican Sen. Garlan Gudger of Cullman said at the start of debate.

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[tulipsandroses]

1. With everything going on, this is what these fools think is important??

Not only is this harmful and disgusting. But as legislators, with everything going on, job loss, Covid, people going hungry, in food lines, losing their homes, student loan debt, and we could go on, THIS, THIS is what these folks are focused on?

As if there was an epidemic of transgendered folks "taking over" sports.

And since when do they care about women's athletics?
Since when do they care about protecting women's integrity? They care nothing about a woman's right to make choices for her own body and health.

[katmondoo]

3. Maybe they are running out ideas for making women's lives miserable so now it's on to girls.

Embarrass them and keep them out of sports. Way to go Repugs or should I say cowards.

[multigraincracker]

2. Those born that way

1) true hermaphrodite – an infant born with both ovaries and testicles and has both male and female sex organs. 2) female pseudohermaphrodite – a genetic female with male external sex organs. 3) male pseudohermaphrodite – a genetic male with external sex organs that fail to develop properly, resulting in female or male/female physical characteristics.

[janterry]

4. I think those with an intersex condition or a DSD

do not want to be used in the discussion about trans-identified people.

You might know this? But I do want to point it out. They feel angry and used.