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# Pennsylvania introduces bill against trans athletes
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/pennsylvania-introduces-bill-against-trans-athletes/
- Published: 2021-05-01T12:30:55.000Z
- Updated: 2021-05-01T12:30:55.000Z
- Description: Pennsylvania has introduced a bill to prohibit trans athletes from participating in school sports.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, Sport, American Civil Liberties Union, Joe Biden, LGBTQ, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Trans athletes, Transgender, US

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**Pennsylvania** is the latest **US** state to introduce a bill with the aim of prohibiting trans athletes from participating in school sports, with governor **Tom Wolf** already condemning the *“discriminatory”* proposal. According to the *[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette](https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/highschool/2021/04/05/female-GOP-republican-pennsylvania-lawmakers-seek-ban-transgender-girls-women-girls-sports-teams/stories/202104050085?ref=scenemag.co.uk)*, House Bill 927’s main sponsor, Republican representative **Barb Gleim**, argued the regulations would ‘maintain fairness’ in women’s sports.

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Gov. Wolf has already said he will not sign the bill if it is passed by the state House and Senate, [tweeting](https://twitter.com/GovernorTomWolf/status/1386778748725473291?ref=scenemag.co.uk): *“I’ll veto this discriminatory bill if it gets to my desk.”* **Naiymah Sanchez**, the **American Civil Liberties Union’s** transgender justice coordinator in Pennsylvania, also condemned the bill, telling the *[Philadelphia Inquirer](https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/spl/pennsylvania-legislature-transgender-sports-ban-bill-20210405.html?ref=scenemag.co.uk)* *:* *“Introducing a bill that would bar trans athletes from participating in sports is simply cruel and speaks volumes about the priorities of these lawmakers who are creating a problem that simply doesn’t exist.”*

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Pennsylvania is one of an estimated 30 states which is currently considering legislation that targets young trans people. **[Missouri](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/missouri-progresses-anti-trans-bill/)** is the latest state to have progressed a bill which aims to bar trans inclusion in school sports. President **Joe Biden** has pledged to support young trans athletes, signing an [executive order](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/biden-signs-order-in-support-of-trans-athletes/) earlier this year which prohibits discrimination against trans and gender diverse students.