Left-leaning Washington and Colorado join more conservative states in banning transgender athletes
The measure adds sex-verification rules for girls’ teams, and backers say it protects fairness while opponents warn it could expose students to invasive testing.
- Voters in Washington and Colorado approved measures restricting transgender athletes from participating in school-sanctioned sports.
- Washington's Measure 638 received over 56% of the vote, preventing students assigned male at birth from competing in female sports and requiring gender verification from a health care provider.
- Colorado's Proposition 134 passed with 52% support, requiring schools and athletic associations to classify sports as male, female or coed, based on athletes' sex assigned at birth.
- The results represent a political shift, as voters in traditionally Democratic states supported restrictions that Republican-led states have increasingly adopted.
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Voters approve transgender sports bans in multiple states
Democrats had a big night across the country in Tuesday’s midterm elections, regaining control of both the House and the Senate. But voters in several states, including a pair of Democratic-led states, also approved measures restricting transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports. Ballot measures in Colorado and Washington passed, as did measures…
In four states, voters approve measures barring biological men from women’s sports
Despite the Democrats’ sweeping victories in the midterms on Nov. 3, conservatives still tallied a few big wins, most notably with amendments passed in four states that protect women’s sports: Washington, Arizona, Nebraska, and Colorado. A Washington ballot initiative banning biological males from competing in girls’ K-12 school sports passed with 56 percent of the vote […]
Left-leaning Washington and Colorado join more conservative states in
Voters in left-leaning Washington state and Colorado have approved measures designed to ban transgender athletes from participating in school-sanctioned sports. Measure 638 in Washington, which had more than 56% of the vote, will prevent students who were
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