A record number of anti-transgender bills relating to school sports were filed in 36 states in 2021. Author: Paula Vasan (WHAS 11) Published: 6:47 PM EDT July 13, 2021 Updated: 12:05 AM EDT July 14, 2021
LOUISVILLE, Ky. A Kentucky lawmaker filed a bill in June that would ban transgender female students from participating in school sports. It comes amid a record number of similar bills focused on transgender youth nationwide.
For 23-year-old Cat Runner, rock climbing isn t just a hobby. It s self care.
“There’s a fluidity and a body coordination that comes very naturally to me, said Runner. “I feel like I belong somewhere.
It’s the same feeling he had back in middle school, when sports helped him connect with others.
Texas Lawmakers Advance Restrictions on Transgender Athletes
Texas Republicans are seeking to join nine other states that restrict transgender athletes from participating on sports teams that align with their gender identities.
The Texas State Capitol in Austin. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
AUSTIN, Texas (CN) The Texas Senate Health and Human Services committee on Monday advanced two bills that would require transgender athletes to compete on the teams that relate to their gender assigned at birth.
Senate Bill 2 would restrict transgender athletes in the Texas public schools system, which follows rules provided by the University Interscholastic League (UIL), from participating on sports teams that reflect their gender identities.
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The story has been told and retold. Itâs been said that Benjamin Franklin had just walked outside of Independence Hall after the Constitutional Convention in 1787 when someone inquired, âDoctor, what have we got? A republic or a monarchy?â Franklin is said to have responded: âA republic, if you can keep it.â
Historians say the quote actually doesnât appear in Franklinâs writings, nor was it ever recorded as such in newspaper accounts of his day. According to the Washington Post, it first appeared in 1906 in the American Historical Review. âThe Review was publishing for the first time the notes of James McHenry, a Maryland Delegate to the Constitutional Convention. The notes are both more and less specific than the legend,â claims the Post.
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