Opinion: U.S. Senators fail in bid to harm transgender students
Portsmouth Herald
March 6 To the Editor:
In recent weeks, federal and state legislators have launched attacks against their student constituents for simply being transgender kids who want to play sports. Today, we saw that escalate to the floor of the United States Senate in the form of a cruel and discriminatory amendment proposed by Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a $1.9 trillion dollar COVID-19 relief package specifically designed to help the American people recover from unprecedented economic and social hardship.
Amendment 1386, co-sponsored by Senators Lindsay Graham (R-SC) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) stated, As a condition of receiving funds under section 2001, 2003, or 2005, a State, local educational agency, or institution of higher education may not permit any student whose biological sex (recognized based solely on a person s reproductive biology and genetics at bir
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Clockwise, from top left: State Rep. Briana Titone (Photo courtesy of Briana Titone), Del. Danica Roem (Photo: Julian Vankim), State Rep. Gerri Cannon (Photo: Facebook), State Rep. Taylor Small (Photo: Facebook), State Sen. Sarah McBride (Photo: B Proud), State Rep. Lisa Bunker (Photo: Facebook) and State Rep. Stephanie Byers (Photo: Facebook).
Seven of the eight out transgender people currently serving as state lawmakers have released a joint statement condemning Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) failed attempt to force school districts to ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports, while also urging lawmakers to pass the Equality Act.
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