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# Kansas advances bill against trans athletes
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/kansas-advances-bill-against-trans-athletes/
- Published: 2021-03-19T15:00:28.000Z
- Updated: 2021-03-18T19:05:37.000Z
- Description: Kansas has become the latest state to advance a bill against trans athletes participating in school sports.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, Sport, Human Rights Campaign, Joe Biden, LGBTQ, Mississippi, Trans athletes, Trans Youth, Trans* Equality, Transgender, US

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**Kansas, US,** has become the latest state to advance a bill against trans athletes participating in school sports, after it was approved by the senate education committee. According to *[The News & Observer](https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article249986719.html?ref=scenemag.co.uk),* the bill was passed after a brief debate, and will now go to the full senate, which has identified it as a priority, despite there only being five known young trans athletes in the state and no record of any trans school sports champions.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/transsports600.png)

**Brittany Jones,** advocacy director for the conservative Family Policy Alliance of Kansas, showed support for the bill, saying: *“If we have five* \[trans athletes in the state\], *then that’s a threat to every girl’s opportunity, and there’s plenty of other opportunities for biological boys to compete.”* LGBTQ+ advocates have expressed concern over the bill, with state representative **Stephanie Byers,** who is also the first trans lawmaker to have been elected in Kansas, saying the regulations are an *“intentional attack”* on an already *“marginalised community.”*

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Over 20 states are currently considering regulations to bar trans athletes from school sports, with **Mississippi** becoming the first state to [officially pass](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/mississippi-officially-bars-trans-athletes-from-school-sports/) such a law in 2021\. The **Human Rights Campaign** condemned the Mississippi bill, saying: *“* *Trans kids deserve better…*\[State governor Tate Reeves has\] *turned his back on his constituents and made Mississippi a symbol of hate.”* All of the bills contradict an [executive order](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/biden-signs-order-in-support-of-trans-athletes/) from president **Joe Biden** which argues: *“Children should be able to learn without worrying about whether they will be denied access to the restroom, the locker room, or school sports.”* As a result, states which continue to advance anti-trans laws could risk losing federal funding.