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Jessica Norton, the mother of a trans student who briefly played on the Monarch High School volleyball team, spoke during a public comment period at a Broward County School Board meeting on Tuesday.
"The Constitution must always prevail," writes Chief U.S. District Court Judge David C. Nye.
The Department of Justice, headed by William Barr, supports a state law barring trans females from girls' and women's school sports teams.
The complaint, filed on behalf of two student athletes, also calls out the law's intrusive "sex verification" requirements in disputed cases.
The Republican governor has taken hateful action against trans people.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, a moderate Democrat, called the bill discriminatory and "a solution in search of a problem."
Attacking the rights of transgender Americans doesn’t appear to be a winning strategy.
The bills return to the legislature for expected overrides by Republicans, however.
“There is no way around it, I’m being punished because I am the parent of a transgender student,” Jessica Norton said in a statement to the media.
The far right is trotting out scare tactics about transgender people and "anti-Christian bias."
The Senate is unlikely to bring the legislation to a vote.
The Promise to America's Children has many far-right groups and activists as supporters, including Penny Young Nance (pictured) of Concerned Women for America.
They're still making false claims that the legislation will destroy religious freedom and women's rights.
While it's not expected to pass the Senate, it's still important to stand up and speak out against such legislation, LGBTQ+ advocates say.
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics' new policy will go into effect with the 2024-2025 school year.
A U.S. House committee will consider the bill Wednesday.
Appearing at the White House and before Congress, the out athlete called for gender equity in pay and said women's sports are not "spontaneously combusting" due to trans inclusion.
Federal appeals courts have ruled against the laws, so the states are petitioning SCOTUS.
Civil rights groups lauded the court decision, saying it struck down a harmful policy.
Loeffler, who's in a crowded special election race, is living up to her claim that she's "more conservative than Attila the Hun."
State-level legislation aimed at transgender student athletes, along with anti-LGBTQ+ "religious freedom" bills, is proliferating.
