More States Banned Trans Kids From Sports This Week

Why conservative transgender ballot measures passed amid blue wave

A series of restrictive transgender ballot measures passed in multiple states on Tuesday, marking a political and cultural phenomenon amid the blue wave that crushed Republican hopes of retaining control of Congress. The propositions’ passage in Nebraska and Arizona, which will institute bans on biological males in female sports, came as Colorado and Washington state […]

LGBTQ+ groups 'heartbroken' by passage of anti-trans measures amid blue wave

"Check on your trans friends," wrote a woman on Facebook Wednesday morning, sending a melancholy message on the same day most social media posts were hailing "the blue wave," the "blunami," and the "the rainbow wave". It's all in reference to the overwhelming number of Democrats who scored victories Tuesday night in the 2026 midterm elections, many of them part of the LGBTQ+ community.But to Maia Monet, a writer, a photographer and a popular You…

Western states pass ballot measures to ban trans athletes from girls’ sports

Despite Democratic wins elsewhere, voters in Washington, Arizona and Nebraska approved measures barring transgender athletes from girls' sports.

More States Banned Trans Kids From Sports This Week

Four different states put forward ballot measures on Tuesday that, if passed, would either strengthen or create new laws keeping trans children out of school sports. Though the night saw massive Democratic victories, even in typical Republican strongholds like Kansas, Texas, and South Carolina, the four initiatives on the ballot tell a different story. In two states, Arizona and Nebraska, the language will strengthen bans that already were on th…

Even Blue States Pass Midterm’s Biological-Reality Ballot Measures

Even Blue States Pass Midterm’s Biological-Reality Ballot Measures All four midterm ballot measures recognizing the biological differences between males and females appear to have passed Tuesday, as even voters in Blue states chose to protect girls’ and women’s sports.In the Blue state of Washington, for example, Initiative 638 prohibiting biological males from competing in girls’ sports will be approved by a wide margin, capturing nearly 60% o…

Initiatives limiting women’s sports to biological women pass in all four states where they were on the ballot (two blue, one purple, and one red)

Over the past five years or so, polls have repeatedly shown that most Americans oppose allowing trans-identified males (“trans women” or “trans girls”) to compete in women’s sports. I’ve written about this a lot, emphasizing that allowing such competition is unfair to women, for trans-identified males have a pronounced sex-based advantage in just about any … Continue reading Initiatives limiting women’s sports to biological women pass in all fou…