Arizona approves ballot measure designating sexes to sports teams
The measure extends existing restrictions to private leagues and schools and gives students a legal route to challenge violations, supporters said.
- 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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Voters in four states — Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska and Washington — are on track to pass or have passed measures to restrict transgender athletes’ participation in sports, a key policy focus of the Trump administration. Colorado, Nebraska and Washington’s measures were ballot initiatives, while Arizona reached the ballot by way of the legislature. Although there […]
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Arizona voters approved a ballot measure Tuesday restricting transgender athletes to competing in sports based on their biological sex while also reelecting their Democratic governor. Arizona voters approved Proposition 318, which forces athletics of any level to separate teams by biological sex and prevents students from accessing locker rooms or bathrooms meant for the opposite sex. Arizona reelected Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and other Democ…
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