DoomsdaysCW<p>Seems <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChristianRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianRight</span></a> only care about women when they want to discriminate against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransPeople</span></a>! HYPOCRITES!</p><p>GOOD! Bill to ban <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> athletes from girls’ and women’s sports teams fails to advance in Senate</p><p>By STEPHEN GROVES<br>Updated 7:27 PM EST, March 3, 2025</p><p>WASHINGTON (AP) — "Legislation that aimed to bar transgender women and girls nationwide from participating in school athletic competitions designated for female athletes failed to advance Monday night in a divided Senate as Democrats stood united against an issue that Republicans leveraged in last year’s elections.</p><p>"A test vote on the bill failed to gain the 60 votes needed to advance in the chamber as senators stuck to party lines in a 51-45 vote tally.</p><p>"The bill sought to determine <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TitleIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TitleIX</span></a> protections 'based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.' The vote came as Republicans have homed in repeatedly on the social cause, casting it as an issue of ensuring athletic fairness for women and girls. </p><p>"President Donald <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> signed an executive order last month giving federal agencies wide latitude to ensure entities that receive federal funding abide by Title IX in alignment with the administration’s view, which interprets 'sex' as the gender someone was assigned at birth.</p><p>"Still, Republicans in Congress have set their sights on enshrining that policy into law by amending the 1972 Title IX law, which protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/transgender-athletes-congress-dfd81b15ebc09409f1bf6c8642f130f3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/transgender</span><span class="invisible">-athletes-congress-dfd81b15ebc09409f1bf6c8642f130f3</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRightsAreHumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GenderSpectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenderSpectrum</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GBLTQRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GBLTQRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GenderFascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenderFascists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>