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Arizona approves ballot measure designating sexes to sports teams
The measure expands an existing ban and lets students sue schools or leagues that violate it, with 61% of voters backing the proposal.
- Arizona voters approved the "Protect Girls Sports in Arizona Act" early Wednesday, with 59% supporting Proposition 318 and 41% opposing the measure.
- To bypass Governor Katie Hobbs, Republicans placed the measure on the ballot; she has consistently vetoed similar legislation targeting LGBTQ Arizonans.
- Proposition 318 expands a 2022 law signed by Governor Doug Ducey to include private athletic organizations; it faced legal challenges before a Supreme Court ruling enabled enactment this year.
- Darrell Hill, ACLU policy director, slammed the measure as "unnecessary," warning it could open doors to discrimination against transgender people in bathrooms and facilities unrelated to sports.
- Arizona joins twenty-nine states currently banning transgender athletes from sports participation, according to the Movement Advancement Project, a Colorado think tank focused on LGBTQ issues.
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Arizona Voters Reject Three Constitutional Changes, Back Five Other Ballot Measures
Arizona voters delivered a mixed verdict on eight statewide ballot propositions Tuesday, rejecting all three proposed constitutional amendments while supporting five measures that would change state laws. The results, reported with all 15 counties showing returns at 11 p.m. MST, remain unofficial. Propositions 141, 142 and 144 were trailing in the vote count. Those measures […]
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Arizona voters expand sports ban on trans students
The measure will prohibit trans students from playing on K-12 sports teams that correspond with their gender identity.
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Total News Sources27
Leaning Left7Leaning Right9Center8Last UpdatedBias Distribution38% Right
Bias Distribution
- 38% of the sources lean Right
38% Right
L 29%
C 33%
R 38%
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