Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, a Democrat, and Republican Rep. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, have sponsored bipartisan legislation that would keep transgender athletes from competing in college women’s sports.
The bill could halt federal money to organizations allowing athletes to participate in programs that do not match their “biological sex at birth,” The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported Dec. 12.
The bill — Protect Women’s Sports Act of 2020 — is based on Title IX, a 1972 law forbidding gender-based discrimination in schools receiving federal funds.
Gabbard said Title IX is “being weakened by … states who are misinterpreting [it], creating uncertainty, undue hardship and lost opportunities for female athletes.”
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