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State Reps. Philip Singleton, Marty Harbin and Rick Jasperse filed bills targeting transgender student-athletes. The NCAA issued a firm warning to Georgia and other states considering banning transgender students from sports – discriminate against them and risk losing upcoming championships.  But if the NCAA hoped its statement on transgender participation would convince lawmakers to pump the brakes on anti-trans legislation, the Florida House responded two days later by passing a bill that bans transgender females from competing on women’s sports teams.  On Monday, the NCAA said it “...

April 1, 2021 11:02 a.m. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) on Wednesday offered a bad faith comparison to justify the state’s stricter voter ID law, saying he had to show his ID the last time he flew Delta Air Lines.  “The last time I flew Delta I had to show my ID,” Kemp said in a statement. “Today’s statement by Delta CEO Ed Bastian stands in stark contrast to our conversations with the company, ignores the content of the new law, and unfortunately continues to spread the same false attacks being repeated by partisan activists.” Kemp insisted on Wednesday that th...

State Reps. Philip Singleton, Marty Harbin and Rick Jasperse filed bills targeting transgender student-athletes. Four anti-transgender bills – including three targeting student-athletes – stalled this week at the Gold Dome after failing to meet a key deadline, meaning they are likely dead for the legislative session. LGBTQ activists cautioned that the bills could resurface as amendments to other legislation before lawmakers head home on March 31.  One of the anti-trans bills – Senate Bill 266 from Sen. Marty Harbin, a Republican from Tyrone – was on a fast-track for approval. But the...

Add this share State Rep. Marty Harbin proposed legislation to ban transgender women from participating in high school sports in Georgia. (Photo by Matt Hennie) A bill that bans transgender women from high school sports passed a Georgia Senate committee on Wednesday, becoming the fastest-moving of at least four anti-LGBTQ bills before lawmakers.  The “Save Girls Sports Act” from Sen. Marty Harbin, a Republican from Tyrone, passed the Senate Education & Youth Committee on a 5-3 party-line vote. It now moves to the Rules Committee – chaired by state Sen. Jeff Mullis, a co-sponsor of the ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Feb. 27, 2021) – A bill introduced in the Georgia House would take on Federal gun control; past, present, and future. Passage into law would represent a major step toward ending federal acts that infringe on the right to keep and bear arms within the state. Rep. Philip Singleton (R) and a coalition […]