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JACKSON, Miss. Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves said Thursday he will soon sign a bill to ban transgender athletes from competing on girls or women s sports teams in the state s schools and universities.
Alphonso David, president the LGBTQ civil rights organization Human Rights Campaign, is sharply criticizing Mississippi and other states that are considering such legislation.
“While millions of people in Mississippi are waiting for urgent relief as it relates to COVID-19, the leaders of Mississippi are not focused on that. Rather, they’re focused on prioritizing bullying against transgender kids, David said during an online news conference Thursday.
Reeves said on Twitter that the bill would “protect young girls from being forced to compete with biological males for athletic opportunities.”
JACKSON ⢠Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed legislation Thursday that bans transgender athletes from playing in girls or womenâs athletics.
The Republican was flanked by more than two dozen mostly conservative lawmakers in the signing ceremony at the Capitol. Mississippi is the first state to enact this ban, though dozens of similar proposals have recently been filed around the country, even after a court blocked a similar law in Idaho last year.
Reeves said Senate Bill 2536, the Mississippi Fairness Act, is necessary after President Joe Biden banned discrimination based on gender identity in school sports, the military and elsewhere. But neither he nor the billâs author, Sen. Angela Hill, R-Picayune, could name a specific instance where a transgender athlete playing on a womenâs team has occurred in Mississippi.
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Mississippi governor Tate Reeves signed a bill on Thursday that would ban transgender athletes from competing on girls’ or women’s sports teams.
As ABC News notes, Mississippi is the first state to enact such a ban. A similar bill was introduced in Idaho last year, but was struck down by a federal court.
Mississippi’s bill, SB2536, is one of many anti-LGBTQ bills that have been hurriedly drafted since Biden took office and signed an executive order prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in health care, housing, and education. There are currently 147 anti-LGBTQ bills under consideration in state legislatures across the country, according to the Human Rights Campaign, and 20 states have rushed to propose restrictions on transgender athletes.
Mississippi gov will sign bill limiting transgender athletes
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUSMarch 4, 2021 GMT
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves speaks about his policy priorities and the state s coronavirus pandemic response during his State of the State speech on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, on the south steps of the state Capitol in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves speaks about his policy priorities and the state s coronavirus pandemic response during his State of the State speech on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, on the south steps of the state Capitol in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) Mississippi is on track to become the first state this year to enact a law banning transgender athletes from competing on girls or women’s sports teams.