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INDIANAPOLIS—With Democrats offering passionate objections, the Indiana Senate Tuesday passed a much-debated bill that would prohibit transgender girls from participating on sports teams that match their gender identity, sending it
The law would bar school districts from encouraging classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity.
The Republican lawmaker who introduced the bill said it's designed to keep children from talking about sexual orientation and identity at a young age.
This follows the failure of a bill that would have led to parents supportive of trans children being jailed.
Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith was told not to make things personal when debating H.B. 1557, which would ban discussions on LGBTQ issues in younger classrooms.