KY House passes bill to effectively ban gender transition services
House Bill 470 passed 75-22, largely along party lines.
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House Bill 470 passed 75-22, largely along party lines.
Fischer Wells was the only trans student in Kentucky competing in high school sports — until the state legislature said she couldn't.
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Kentucky High School Athletic Association rules and state laws will not allow 13-year-old Fischer Wells, believed to be the state's only transgender student-athlete, to compete last fall on a field hockey team she helped form.
The field hockey season may be over, but Fischer Wells is still practicing in her backyard in Louisville.