In Ohio, GOP Rep. Jena Powell has re-introduced the "Save Women's Sports Act" bill in the state legislature, saying that when it was introduced last year, it wasn't afforded a proper hearing, WKYC reports. Powell repeated standard anti-trans tropes — which were reiterated in former President Trump's factually deficient speech at CPAC last month — about unfounded assumptions that genitalia, for all practical purposes, provides an unfair advantage: "What we're seeing nationwide is when we're having biological males compete against females, it robs females of their athletic opportunity." If passed, the bill would take precedence over Ohio High School Athletic Association guidelines that allow transgender athletes to compete. According to Detroit Free Press, Michigan State Senate introduced a bill that would ban transgender athletes from playing with teams that align with their gender identity — transgender boys would not be able to play on boys' teams, and transgender girls could not play with girls' teams. The bill, sponsored by GOP Senator Lana Theis (of Brighton) and twelve other Republicans, states, "If the school designates a team in an interscholastic athletic activity offered to pupils enrolled at the school as a girls', women's, or female team, a requirement that each pupil who competes for a position on that team or who is selected to compete on that team must be female based on biological sex." Enforcement and penalties for violations of the proposed law are not clear. Describing the proposed bill as unconstitutional, Erin Knott, president of Equality Michigan, said "Kids learn a lot of important life lessons in sports: leadership, confidence, self-respect, and what it means to be part of a team. "School officials shouldn't treat a transgender female student as a girl between 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. and then treat her like she's a boy when sports practice starts. It's deeply hurtful to the student and disrupts the school's policy of treating all kids fairly." Tap link in bio to continue on @EDGEmedianetwork ?️‍?? (?: University of Montana cross country runner Juniper Eastwood / AP)

In Ohio, GOP Rep. Jena Powell has re-introduced the "Save Women's Sports Act" bill in the state legislature, saying that when it was introduced last year, it wasn't afforded a proper hearing, WKYC reports. Powell repeated standard anti-trans tropes — which were reiterated in former President Trump's factually deficient speech at CPAC last month — about unfounded assumptions that genitalia, for all practical purposes, provides an unfair advantage: "What we're seeing nationwide is when we're having biological males compete against females, it robs females of their athletic opportunity." If passed, the bill would take precedence over Ohio High School Athletic Association guidelines that allow transgender athletes to compete. According to Detroit Free Press, Michigan State Senate introduced a bill that would ban transgender athletes from playing with teams that align with their gender identity — transgender boys would not be able to play on boys' teams, and transgender girls could not play with girls' teams. The bill, sponsored by GOP Senator Lana Theis (of Brighton) and twelve other Republicans, states, "If the school designates a team in an interscholastic athletic activity offered to pupils enrolled at the school as a girls', women's, or female team, a requirement that each pupil who competes for a position on that team or who is selected to compete on that team must be female based on biological sex." Enforcement and penalties for violations of the proposed law are not clear. Describing the proposed bill as unconstitutional, Erin Knott, president of Equality Michigan, said "Kids learn a lot of important life lessons in sports: leadership, confidence, self-respect, and what it means to be part of a team. "School officials shouldn't treat a transgender female student as a girl between 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. and then treat her like she's a boy when sports practice starts. It's deeply hurtful to the student and disrupts the school's policy of treating all kids fairly." Tap link in bio to continue on @EDGEmedianetwork ?️‍?? (?: University of Montana cross country runner Juniper Eastwood / AP)