The Fight over Trans Girls’ Sports Moves to Nov. Ballot in AZ, CO, WA

Readers react to Arizona measure targeting trans kids

Last week, the US Supreme Court upheld state bans on transgender athletes playing girls’ and women’s sports. Arizona already bans students assigned male at birth from joining female sports, but a new ballot measure would go further—it would ban trans students from using locker rooms, bathrooms, or showers of the gender they identify with.  Here’s more from our reporter Sahara Sajjadi:  “Last week, Valley ministers and advocacy groups announced a…

The fight over trans girls’ sports moves to Nov. ballot in AZ, CO, WA

Ballot measures seeking to restrict transgender student-athletes’ participation in school sports will appear before voters in AZ, CO and WA.

The fight over trans girls’ sports participation moves to the November ballot

Legislatures in left-leaning states have consistently rejected bills that would bar transgender student-athletes from participating in sports in line with their gender identity. But this November, the question of whether to exclude them will go straight to voters in two blue states, Colorado and Washington, and one swing state, Arizona. The groups behind the ballot measures say they see energy behind the issue, especially in the wake of the Supr…