House Republicans vote to bar transgender athletes from women’s sports
Biden’s Department of Education has pitched tweaks to Title IX that would prohibit universities and schools from unilaterally banning transgender athletes from competing on teams that match their gender identity.
House Republicans voted Thursday to ban transgender female athletes from taking part in girls’ and women’s sports by amending Title IX protections to only apply to biologically female athletes.
The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act passed 219-203, with no Democrats supporting the measure. ---More...
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