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# West Virginia progresses anti-trans bill
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/west-virginia-progresses-anti-trans-bill/
- Published: 2021-04-16T10:11:27.000Z
- Updated: 2021-04-16T06:27:38.000Z
- Description: The West Virginia Senate has passed a bill which would ban trans athletes from participating in school sports.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, Sport, Arkansas, LGBTQ, Mississippi, National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Tennessee, Trans athletes, Trans Rights, Transgender, US, West Virginia

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The **West Virginia** Senate has passed a bill which would ban trans athletes from participating in school sports in an 18-15 vote, meaning it will now head to Republican governor **Jim Justice’s** desk. [House Bill 3293](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill%5FStatus/bills%5Ftext.cfm?billdoc=HB3293%20SUB.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=3293&ref=scenemag.co.uk) will not only attempt to bar trans athletes from school sports, but will also implement regulations that will require students to present their birth certificates before enrolling in public school.

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Gov. Justice

LGBTQ+ activists are concerned about the bill, with **Andrew Schneider**, executive director of **Fairness West Virginia,** saying in a statement cited by [*Them*](https://www.them.us/story/west-virginia-discriminatory-anti-trans-sports-bill-heads-to-governors-desk-hb-3293?ref=scenemag.co.uk): *“We will continue fighting to defend transgender kids across West Virginia as long as it takes to defeat this extremely harmful bill.”* They urged governor Justice to *“join the numerous Republicans across the country to speak out against these targeted attacks”*, adding: *“He needs to veto this bill as soon as it makes its way to his desk.”*

Over 25 US states are currently considering anti-trans bills. If West Virginia passes HB 3293, it will join **[Mississippi](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/mississippi-officially-bars-trans-athletes-from-school-sports/), [Arkansas](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/arkansas-officially-bans-trans-inclusion-in-school-sports/),** and **Tennessee** as the first handful of states to pass bills against trans athletes in 2021\. The **National Collegiate Athletic Association** (NCAA) recently condemned the widespread hostility towards trans athletes, saying the bills are *“harmful to transgender student-athletes”* and contradict *“the NCAA’s core values of inclusivity, respect, and the equitable treatment of all individuals.”*

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