RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Republican lawmakers want to prevent transgender females from playing on female high school sports teams by adopting “biological participation requirements.”
Legislation filed Wednesday in the state House and Senate says “athletic teams or sports designated for females, women, or girls shall not be open to students of the male sex.” The “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act” says “a student’s sex shall be recognized based solely on the student’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.”
The legislation comes amid a conservative backlash against allowing transgender female athletes to play on women’s teams. Similar bills have been filed in states across the nation.
