Two Arkansas bills targeting transgender people advance through legislature

Published: 4:54 PM CST March 10, 2021

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas legislature advanced two separate bills Wednesday that center around transgender people and childrens' rights to both transition-related healthcare and transgender girls being involved in sports aligned with their gender identity.

The Senate passed SB354, which states that any organized sport within a school, intramural or club team that is designated a girls' or womens' sport can't allow a transgender girl or woman to join.


The bill also makes it difficult for a transgender woman or girl to file a complaint against an institution for banning them from a particular sport.

State Senator Missy Irvin (R-Mountain View), who proposed the bill, said it's about "protecting biological females" and that it's about "protecting what we have fought for under Title IX for 50 years."

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