To follow up with a link on that:
Transgender student athlete ban on the books in Kansas, following three years of GOP campaigning – The Lawrence Times
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“He came in gloating, and it’s wrong,” Ruiz said in an interview after the vote. “This is all about wins and losses for them. This is a win for them. They don’t care what kind of a win it is. They don’t care about the unintended consequences. They don’t care that trans kids have a target on their back.”
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Bans participation from
kindergarten through college. And yeah, the inspection thing. You know that's not going to be used to harass. (Wonder how many black girls will be called to be checked vs white girls?
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Other Republicans in the House said the ban was needed, despite no evidence that transgender athletes are impacting women’s sports in Kansas.
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I can't verify the number, but one tweet claimed "A total of two student athletes of the 109,402 students registered in Kansas school activities identify as transgender." Huge problem, this.