Four States Approve Transgender School Sports Restrictions
Summary
With more than 95 percent of votes counted, measures restricting transgender students’ participation in school sports appeared likely to pass in Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska and Washington. The measures differ, but include rules based on sex assigned at birth for team eligibility and, in some states, access to facilities.Key Facts
- Arizona Proposition 318 was leading with 58.7 percent support and 41.3 percent opposed.
- Colorado Proposition 134 was leading with 52.2 percent support and 47.8 percent opposed.
- Nebraska Initiative 442 was leading with 67.9 percent support and 32.2 percent opposed.
- Washington Measure 638 was leading with 56 percent support and 44 percent opposed.
- Arizona’s measure would require schools and athletic associations to designate teams and facilities by sex recorded at birth.
- Colorado’s measure would limit student athletes to teams matching their sex assigned at birth and require teams to be designated male, female or coeducational.
- Washington’s measure would bar students assigned male at birth from competing with or against female students in girls-only sports and require a health care provider’s statement confirming sex.
- Campaign groups spent millions of dollars supporting measures in Nebraska and Washington, including more than $3.2 million from Fairness for Girls in Nebraska and $4.2 million from Let’s Go Washington.
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