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PA House Republicans Advance Anti-Trans Legislation That Will Do Nothing to Help Working Families
On its face, the legislation is absolute rubbish. Trans women and trans girl and nonbinary folx are incredibly underrepresented in academic athletic programs. All this fuss and bother to pass these bills in Republican controlled states is such an obvious attempt to delude voters into thinking they are protecting children while actually not attending to legislation centering working families and children.
Do you really want your elected officials to invest all this time and energy into a non-issue at the expense of addressing your healthcare, your bridge repairs, your bus driver shortage, your ability to earn a decent wage in a safe work environment, and yes your pot holes? Not to mention our shared humanity.
The state’s House Education Committee moved the legislation forward on Tuesday in a 15–9 vote. The legislation says that “athletic teams or sports designated for females, women or girls … may not be open to students of the male sex,” according the bill’s text.
