About 30 students came to the after-school rally Friday opposing a new Iowa law banning transgender girls and women in Iowa from competing in sports according to their gender identity.
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A new transgender athlete ban signed into law March 3 prohibits biological boys from competing on girls teams. Gavy Smith, a Decorah High School freshman born as Gavin, now is limited to being the manager of the girls golf team rather than a player.
A look back at what’s been in the news in Iowa in the past week
House File 2416 would require any Iowa schools that get public funding to designate sports programs as open to biological females, open to biological males or coeducational. A similar bill awaits action in the Senate.
Ten Iowa middle- and high-school girls — two of them transgender — spoke Thursday at a legislative hearing on legislation that would ban transgender girls from competing in girls athletics in Iowa. Also, Gov. Kim Reynolds signed her first bill of the session: a $3.6 billion K-12 public education package.
Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday indicated she would likely sign into law a ban on transgender girls from competing in girls athletics in Iowa, should state lawmakers send such a bill to her.
HF 2309 would require any Iowa schools that get public funding to designate sports programs as one of the following: open to biological females, open to biological males or coeducational.
More than 20 people spoke out for and against House File 2309, which would require any Iowa schools that get public funding to designate sports programs as one of the following: open to biological females, open to biological males or coeducational.
DES MOINES — Calling it a “fairness issue,” Gov. Kim Reynolds called for a state law to prohibit transgender students …
When we make it harder for trans girls to be themselves and have close relationships — like ones they could build on sports teams — we put their lives at risk.
So the same governor who claims to care deeply for children’s mental health is also willing to dump on transgender …
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