Wisconsin’s Democratic governor on Tuesday vetoed a ban on trans-identifying male high school athletes competing on girls’ teams.
Governor Tony Evers (D) had previously promised that he would veto the bill, which requires trans-identifying high school students to play on sports teams that align with their biological sex.
“I am vetoing this bill in its entirety because I object to codifying discrimination into state statute,” Evers said in a statement accompanying his veto.
“This type of legislation, and the harmful rhetoric beget by pursuing it, harms LGBTQ Wisconsinites’ and kids’ mental health, emboldens anti-LGBTQ harassment, bullying, and violence, and threatens the safety and dignity of LGBTQ Wisconsinites, especially our LGBTQ kids,” the governor said.
The bill had passed the Republican-controlled legislature last month. However, neither the state Assembly nor the…
