Washington – a measure it would do Bar transgender students The US house passed the US house on Tuesday from participating in the sports teams of women in harmony with their gender identity.
The legislation – the advanced 218-206 -As and more and more states have passed laws in which transorters participated in K-12 schools and college that match their gender identity, and in the middle of a further GOP-led thrust, anti-trans laws.
The elected President Donald Trump, who is to be sworn in on January 20, repeatedly promised on the campaign path that he would prohibit transgender youth from participating in school sports that match their gender identity.
Almost all US house democrats rejected the measure, but two Texans – US representatives Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez – voted for it. The democratic MP of North Carolina, Don Davis, voted “Present”.
Florida GOP Rep. Greg Steube hired the legislation, a Version of the house passed In the previous meeting of the congress, however, there was no chance of success when the Democrats checked the Senate.
Mike Johnson, spokesman for the US house, said after a press conference after the vote: “This is a great day for women in America.”
Louisiana’s Republican said that “the house voted to maintain common sense again”.
Riley Gains, a former NCAA swimmer at the University of Kentucky, who was at the press conference, said with the passage of the house: “We are a step closer than nation to ensure, a duty roster, playing time, resources or an opportunity to to compete with a woman. “
Gaines is a leading voice in the participation of transgender athletes in sports that match their gender identity.
The Human rights campaignAn LGBTQ+ Advocacy group found that there was “considerable disinformation and misinformation about what the inclusion of transgender youth in sports” and that the sports participation of trans-students “was not an output”.
What the bill would do
The Measure would change Title IX so that “sex is recognized exclusively on reproductive biology and genetics of a person at birth”.
The draft law does not indicate how exactly the ban would be enforced – a Point House Democrat that contradicts the measure quickly indicates this.
Title IX is a pioneering federal civil rights law, which excludes schools, receives federal financing through the exercise of sex -based discrimination.
In April 2024, Biden Administration published updated regulations for titles IX, of which one of which contributed to strengthening the Federal Protection for LGBTQ+ students.
But last week, A federal judge in Kentucky The final rule of the administration of the nationwide – the enforcement of the updated regulations that raised a sturdy GOP opposition and a number of legal challenges and created a political patchwork across the country.
Since the Republicans now lead both congress chambers and Trump’s upcoming return to the White House, the GOP is in a more hearty position to say goodbye to such a ban.
Alabama GOP Senator Tommy Tuberville The last week in the US Senate introduced a similar measure. This effort, what already has the support Of 35 Republicans of the Senate, the support of at least 60 senators would probably need to get past the filibuster.
There are 45 democratic senators in the congress, although independently Sens. Angus King by Maine and Bernie Sanders from Vermont Caucus with the Democrats.
The US Education Ministry did not immediately answer a comment on the house bill on Tuesday.
Democrats, civil rights groups protest
The measure pulled sturdy opposition from the house democrats, who spoke during the ground debate against a background with the inscription “The Gop Child Predator Empowerment Act”.
The draft law bears the title Republican as “Protection of women and girls in the sports law of 2025”.
The US representative Suzanne Bonamici, part of the US House Committee on Education and the workforce, violated the measure that she said to “enable children’s predators -to increase the pupils across the country”.
Bonamici expressed concerns about the violations of data protection and the nuisance of how the legislation would be enforced.
“This is a” one-size fits “to all” bills that apply to every sport, from K-12 schools to universities, “said the Oregon Democrat during the debate on the ground.
In the meantime, the management conference on civil and human rights together with more than 400 civil rights groupsAsked the congress members to reject the measure on Monday and to write in a letter that “this discriminatory proposal tries to exclude transgender, non-bobsleigh and intersexuals from athletics programs in schools”.
“Instead of offering the same facilities, equipment and travel or another strategy, for which athletes have been promoted for decades, Bill disguises an attack on transgender people as a question of athletics policy,” the groups wrote.
Last updated 5:54 p.m., January 14, 2025
