California lawmakers reject bills aimed to ban trans athletes' participation in girls sports

Source: Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The battle over transgender athletes’ participation in youth sports came to California on Tuesday as state lawmakers rejected two bills aimed at keeping trans kids and teens off sports teams consistent with their gender identity.

Lawmakers voted to block a bill that would have required the California Interscholastic Federation, the governing body for high school sports, to adopt rules banning students whose sex was assigned male at birth from participating on a girls school sports team.

Assemblymember Kate Sanchez, a Republican who authored the bill, said the proposal was about fairness.

“AB 89 is about protecting women,” she said. “Full stop and that’s it.”

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