Emboldened by new supermajority, North Carolina Republicans go to work on transgender billsMSN, Apr 6, 2023, Fox News
North Carolina Republicans have wasted no time with their new veto-proof legislative majorities, introducing a flurry of bills this week focusing on transgender issues that were previously dead-on-arrival.
Following state Rep. Tricia Cotham's switch from the Democratic Party to the GOP ranks, Republicans filed half a dozen bills dealing with transgender treatments for minors and whether trans athletes can play on sports teams associated with their self-proclaimed identity.
Two bills, The Fairness in Women's Sports Act and the School Athletic Transparency Bill, address school athletics.
The first bill would make transgender athletes play on sports teams associated with their sex, which "shall be recognized based solely on the student's reproductive biology and genetics at birth."
And the transparency bill reads, "Interscholastic athletic activities designated for females, women, or girls shall not be open to students of the male sex." It reiterates that sex is defined by reproductive biology and genetics at birth.
"This bill would protect females from being forced to play against biological males on sports teams, which can leave females with injuries and cheats them out of equal opportunities," said NC Values Coalition Executive Director Tami Fitzgerald.
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