trans girls in sports

“When we start talking about these ‘Verify that you’re girl enough, or verify that you’re boy enough’ [policies], these kiddos, they shake in their proverbial boots.”

Monica De La Cruz pinched the girl for crying in church until she stopped and then threatened to divorce her dad if he brought her to live with them, according to court documents.

“We will see West Virginia in court,” the ACLU tweeted as Gov. Jim Justice signed the discriminatory law.

Burgum’s move comes after a week of similar actions across the country.

The bill’s sponsor asked for it to be set aside to give time to resolve questions about the “inherent dignity of each person.”

Gov. Kristi Noem said that women’s sports are “threatened” even though only one trans girl has ever competed in girls sports under current policy.

Bills attacking trans women athletes and trans youth are pending in at least 24 states, part of a GOP effort to find a wedge issue to use in 2022. They must have forgot what happen in North Carolina.

Before apologizing, he cited trans girls playing sports in support of his Facebook rant. “It’s probably actually dangerous. Someone could get killed.”

Senators expressed outrage that a former football coach-turned-senator even introduced the amendment. Voting still came nearly down party lines, and one non-vote made the difference.

The law wouldn’t even allow an adopted child to use their amended birth certificate to participate in sports.