Bill supporters say future of women’s sports is in jeopardy
The bill’s primary sponsor, Rep. Mark Brody (R-Anson), said he expects it to be controversial but that it is a solution to a problem that can’t be ignored. “I expect that those who disagree with this bill will come forward and offer solutions,” Brody said. “And not a solution that says, ‘I don’t want to do anything.’”
Rep. Mark Brody (R-Anson)
Brody said it is important to make the standard policy in North Carolina that decisions about gender will be made according to “reproductive biology and genetics at birth.”
State to investigate NCHSAA, will hold hearing Thursday
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Updated April 15, 2021 9:26 a.m. EDT
By Nick Stevens, HighSchoolOT managing editor & Travis Fain, State House reporter
Raleigh, N.C. The N.C. High School Athletic Association will be questioned by a group of lawmakers on Thursday afternoon as the state investigates its role as a non-profit.
In a meeting of the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, Sen. Vickie Sawyer (R-Iredell) presented concerns about the NCHSAA s role as a private non-profit corporation and said the NCHSAA has more money than other similar organizations across the country.
According to the resolution, the subcommittee will be asked to further examine issues concerning the administration and management of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, and the oversight and supervision of interscholastic athletics in North Carolina public high schools.
Physicians, Athletic Bodies Cite Science, Record of Success in Defending Inclusive Policies
Sophomore Julie Katz speaks against HB 358 during Wednesday’s hearing.
Julie Katz came to Raleigh Wednesday to speak directly to the lawmakers who want to exclude her from women’s sports.
A 16-year-old transgender girl from Greensboro, Katz has been a gymnast, played tennis and volleyball all, so far, without incident.
But House Bill 358 would bar transgender women from playing women’s intramural, public school, university sports in North Carolina. “Like all kids who love to be active, I have the right to play,” Katz said at a Wednesday hearing on the bill. “I’m better than some, not as talented as many. This bill says I can’t even sit on the bench.”
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Fairness watchword at NC transgender sports ban hearing
By GARY D. ROBERTSONApril 14, 2021 GMT RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Calls for fairness predominated at a North Carolina legislative hearing Wednesday on a bill that would prevent transgender girls and women from competing in organized school sports designated for biologically female athletes.
A House judiciary committee debated and took testimony on the measure but did not vote on the Republican bill, one of dozens of measures filed nationwide this year on an emerging topic in the nation’s culture wars.
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Similar bills have become law in at least four states since last year, most recently in Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi. Any North Carolina bill would have to clear both legislative chambers before heading to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, who is a strong supporter of LGBT rights. Gay rights groups call the measure discriminatory.