Posted on 03/09/2023 6:56:26 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Washington (AFP) – US lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday aimed at banning transgender women and girls from sports teams that match their gender identity, as Congress turned its focus on one of the most polarizing issues in American culture.
The "Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act" seeks to narrow 50-year-old civil rights protections against sex-based discrimination to recognize sex as "based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth."
The bill -- which conservatives say aims to promote fairness while safeguarding women -- was passed by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives education committee, teeing off what is set to be an acrimonious debate in the full House.
"As a mother and past educator, I abhor the increasing prevalence of biological men competing in women's sports," said Republican Congresswoman Virginia Foxx.
Democrats hit back at Foxx, arguing that that it is discriminatory and hurtful to deprive trans athletes of competition.
The bill has little chance of becoming law, as it would have to be green-lit by senators in the upper chamber of Congress, which is controlled by Democrats who oppose the effort.
But it is part of a broader push by conservatives to provide a check on the promotion of transgender identity, which liberals say marginalizes and discriminates against the community.
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France24 is very pro-transgenderism. Knowles, I think, called transgenderism the TransTyranny agenda.
Are there any transgender “men” playing on men’s sports teams?
Ugh! And, unfortunately, you’re 100% correct, except I think the Gaystapo agenda end goal is legalization of sex with children. Polygamy legalization is simply a step toward that.
Put weight restrictions and catagories on all sports - NOT just boxing.
That’ll knock out most of the ‘men pretending to be women’ from women’s sports.
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