A bill banning transgender girls or women from competing in girl’s or women’s sports has passed the House of Representatives.
Under the proposed legislation, titled the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023, any women’s sports funded through Title IX would have to exclude trans athletes.
Congresswoman for the Finger Lakes Claudia Tenney voted for the bill, showing her support for the bill by saying in a statement that allowing trans women in women’s sports is “fundamentally unfair and diminishes equal opportunities for women in athletics, which we fought for decades to achieve.”
Tenney was an original cosponsor of the legislation and introduced this bill back in February
The bill now heads to the Senate.
“On National Girls and Women in Sports Day this February, I walked up the Capitol steps alongside tremendous female athletes to introduce the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act,” said Congresswoman Tenney. “Today, House Republicans kept yet another commitment to the American people by voting to pass this commonsense bill. Across the country, the Biden administration is allowing, even encouraging, biological men to participate in women’s sports. This is fundamentally unfair and diminishes equal opportunities for women in athletics, which we fought for decades to achieve. By passing this bill, we are protecting opportunities for female athletes to train, compete, and thrive.”
