Montana governor approves restrictions on transgender athletes in schools

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) on Friday signed into law a bill banning transgender girls from participating in female sports teams at state schools.

The legislation is the latest in a series of bills passed or proposed in GOP-led states seeking to restrict participation in sports based on biological sex.

The Montana bill, also known as the Save Women’s Sports Act, requires that “public school athletic teams” at elementary schools, high schools or universities must be “designated based on biological sex.”

The legislation specifies that teams must be explicitly characterized as for male players, female players or co-ed, and that “Athletic teams or sports designated for females, women, or girls may not be open to students of the male sex.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/552474-montana-governor-becomes-latest-to-approve-restrictions-on-transgender

[RKP5637]

1. Now the GOP's target is children. It's all bullshit IMO about fairness in athletics!!! n/t

[AllaN01Bear]

2. untill we uphold our all our creeds such as liberty and justice for all

this is nonsensical.

[Botany]

3. And this is a problem how? This shows they have NOTHING

And in the entire state of Montana how many trans girls are playing sports on girls teams?

Trans students will be the big non issue issue for the GOP now. It is now their "flag burning,
gay marriage, Bill Clinton's B.J., Benghazi, the border, ANTIFA, HRC's emails, Saddam has WMDs,
masks are bad, Jesus and Abortions, climate change is a hoax, prayer warrior, Al Gore invented the
internet, voter fraud, and ...) issue du jour. Made up crap to keep their dumb fuck base angry at
the liberals.

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Lawmakers can't cite local examples of trans girls in sports

https://apnews.com/article/lawmakers-unable-to-cite-local-trans-girls-sports-914a982545e943ecc1e265e8c41042e7

[maxsolomon]

5. Exactly.

The American Taliban, keeping their base supplied with Agita.

[TexasBushwhacker]

13. A solution in search of a problem n/t

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Raise children with loving, Christian values, but hype them on sex differences early and often

so hatred is in every fiber of their minds.

What of transgendered females? Because they do exist.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

6. There's lots of comparison data here.

Male High School Athletes vs Female Olympians



[link:http://boysvswomen.com/#/ |

[janterry]

8. people don't seem to be interested in the science or data

I don't know why. But ty for posting it!

[SWBTATTReg]

7. An recent DU posting mentioned that there are only 9 trans student athletes in the US...

republicans are going to extreme lengths to suppress the rights of roughly 9 people in the USA. 9 people.

Something is seriously wrong w/ these republiTHUGs. Nothing christian about them at all.

Didn't Jesus said to open your arms wide and welcome all?

[janterry]

9. The numbers may, in fact, be low

or low-ish. But the truth is we have absolutely no way of tracking that. The statistic is certainly false.

In our school alone (tiny school) we have more than that (more than 9) who identify as transgender.

I think it's important to remain evidence based - and we just don't have the evidence for raw numbers.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

11. Of the nine, how many are playing on varsity teams?

I think that's the statistic that counts. How many college athletic scholarships are going to trans athletes? Maybe it's a Title Nine thing.

But, it should be studied before running wild with new legislation to "fix" things.

[EndlessWire]

10. I think it's BS

Certainly not a proud moment in their legislative history. And, it's odd that all the GOP states are suddenly following the leader in this transgender nonsense. So, this is an issue that they bring up in their meetings? They are ALL chicken littles. Be careful, Donald may eat you.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

12. I don't think it's odd that GOP states are doing this.

I'd guess they're being fed the legislative language from national right-wing think tanks. Maybe from the last of the Koch brothers.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

14. You are correct. It's funded by millions of dollars.

It's billionaire white men who are financing this. George Soros. Warren Buffett's son, Peter.
Jennifer Pritzker, formerly James Pritzker.

The conservative Christians and the radical feminists and biologists agree on this point, that sex is fixed and binary.

The liberal feminists are agreeing with the trans rights movement.

Yes, I know it's a conservative website.

https://thefederalist.com/2018/02/20/rich-white-men-institutionalizing-transgender-ideology/

https://modernsurvivalonline.com/the-transgender-agenda/