“I just want them to know that it’s gonna be okay. We’re gonna work through this,” Governor Spencer Cox said of trans student athletes.
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said that he plans to veto legislation passed Friday that would ban transgender student-athletes from competing in girls sports.
“To have individuals that are born male compete against naturally born females, it’s an unfair playing field,” he added. The legislation sent to the governor aims to rebut what commission advocates, including the bill’s sponsor Rep. Kera Birkeland, believed was among their strongest arguments: that courts would likely prevent Utah from enforcing a ban, much like they have in states such asThe ban that ultimately passed retained sections of the original proposal and designated the commission as a back-up, for a scenario in which courts prohibited Utah from enforcing a ban.
Birkeland said she was frustrated by the many conversations she had about the politics of her proposed commission, rather than the kids affected.
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