LEXINGTON, Ky. — As protesters chanted “Let kids play” in the Capitol rotunda, the Kentucky Senate on Wednesday approved a proposed ban on transgender girls competing in girls sports at the middle and high school levels.
Senate Bill 83 would require the Kentucky Board of Education and the Kentucky High School Athletic Association to establish that “an athletic activity or sport designated as ‘girls’ shall not be open to members of the male sex.” Any student who “suffers any direct or indirect harm” because of a violation could sue a school district for damages.
The Senate amended the bill Wednesday to exempt elementary school sports. It then voted 27-to-8 to pass the bill and send it over to the House, which is advancing its own similar ban on transgender girls, House Bill 23.
