(Des Moines, IA) — Governor Kim Reynolds is likely to sign legislation that would limit participation in girls’ sports in Iowa to students who have female marked on their birth certificate. But she’s withholding a definite answer until the bill reaches her desk. She says separate competitions for girls were “set up for a reason way back when,” and suggested allowing transgender girls to compete would be unfair. Critics of the bill say it discriminates against transgender girls and amounts to state-sanctioned bullying of kids who are at greater risk of depression and suicide. The bill allows girls to sue if they are harmed directly or indirectly by a school that allows transgender athletes to participate in girls’ sports.
Reynolds Expected to Sign Transgender Athletes Bill
By Mandy Billings
Feb 16, 2022 | 11:32 AM
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