bionic 50,111 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday signed a law banning transgender women and girls from competing in school sports teams consistent with their gender identity, making the state the second to approve such a restriction so far this year. The Republican governor approved the measure despite objections from medical and child-welfare groups that it would have devastating impacts on transgender youth. Hundreds of college athletes have also urged the NCAA to refuse to hold championships in states that enact such bans. “This law simply says that female athletes should not have to compete in a sport against a student of the male sex when the sport is designed for women’s competition,” Hutchinson said in a statement released by his office. “As I have stated previously, I agree with the intention of this law. This will help promote and maintain fairness in women’s sporting events.” Republicans in at least 20 state legislatures have been pushing for similar bans this year. Mississippi’s governor signed a prohibition into law earlier this month. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem had initially said she would sign similar legislation sent to her but has since pushed for changing it to exclude college sports. Arkansas’ law covers K-12 as well as collegiate sports. --- I was going to post this in the Conversation Area thread I made last week but looks like it was locked due to fighting. Please remember to be respectful of diversity and considerate of other people's views and remember that inappropriate comments can lead to moderator action. You can read site guidelines at: https://gagadaily.com/guidelines Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionic 50,111 Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 For my point of view, this seems like a bad decision by Arkansas state legislature + governor. I cackled irl when Gov Hutchinson said it's OK to pass this bill because he "hopes" to get an anti-hate crime bill passed (full quote in article in OP). The cognitive dissonance is unreal amongst Republicans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 I honestly don’t know how to feel about this. After you transition aren’t you still making testosterone? That would clearly impact your physical abilities on the field, no? Regardless of the scientific side, LET THEM PLAY! Just let them f*cking play? Replicunts are the worst. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serial Chiller 8,044 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 The 'men dressing up as women to takeover women sports' is the scapegoat scarecrow narrative they're willing to die with. Because that would mean they actually care about women's sports and that "rEaL wOmEn" should have more athletic opportunities right? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionic 50,111 Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Serial Chiller said: The 'men dressing up as women to takeover women sports' is the scapegoat scarecrow narrative they're willing to die with. Because that would mean they actually care about women's sports and that "rEaL wOmEn" should have more athletic opportunities right? Yeah funny how conservatives suddenly care about women when it allows them to discriminate against a more marginalized group Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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