In a surprise move, state lawmakers have brought forward, debated and passed a proposal to bar transgender girls from competing in school sports matching their gender identities.
The proposal offered up by Sen. Dan McCay dramatically altered a bill that had been under consideration for weeks.
Sen. Daniel Thatcher, R-West Valley City, said he would’ve supported the proposal several years ago but that he’s changed as he’s gotten to know some of the kids the bill would affect. And Birkeland said the state Legislature is duty-bound to do something, both for transgender students who want to compete fairly and for cisgender girls who “feel like they’re the monsters, who can’t have a voice when they say that they’re uncomfortable playing against a transgender athletes.”
Speaking to reporters Friday night, Gov. Spencer Cox said McCay’s revisions came as a complete shock to him and that he’s “very disappointed in the process.” He vowed to veto the legislation when it reaches his desk — a decision that Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson applauded, tweeting that in her decade on Capitol Hill, she’s “never felt as sick over the debate or outcome of a bill as I did over this one tonight.
“Representative Birkeland has repeatedly told both the public and legislative colleagues that she does not want a ban. Yet here we are,” Equality Utah said in a. “In this case, on this day, we have utterly failed to find a path forward. We have failed our state’s transgender children, who just want to be treated with kindness and respect.”
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