North Carolina is among 37 states that have introduced some form of ‘Save Women’s Sports’ legislation aimed at trans youth
Maddie Jenifer stood glued to her mother’s side behind the podium, staring at a panel of preened and suited strangers staring right back at her. Maddie was the first transgender child some of them had ever seen, let alone spoken to. Still, the North Carolina’s House judiciary committee was introducing legislation that would have banned Maddie from playing sports for her high school that fall.
North Carolina is among 37 states that have introduced some form of ‘Save Women’s Sports’ legislation that would ban transgender girls and women from playing on school sports teams that don’t reflect their sex at birth. North Carolina’s version targeted transgender girls from kindergarten through high school, though some states have expanded their bills to also include college sports, bucking NCAA transgender protections that have been in place since 2010.
