{"id":10092,"date":"2024-04-03T17:16:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T17:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=10092"},"modified":"2024-04-12T06:40:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T06:40:10","slug":"evers-vetoes-legislation-to-ban-males-from-girls-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=10092","title":{"rendered":"Evers Vetoes Legislation to Ban Males From Girls Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/evers-vetoes-legislation-to-keep-trans-athletes-out-of-girls-sports\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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(The Center Square) \u2013 Add this to the list of vetoes from Wisconsin\u2019s governor.<\/p>\n

Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday vetoed the Republican-backed legislation that would have banned trans athletes from girls sports in the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will veto any bill that makes Wisconsin a less safe, less inclusive and less welcoming place for LGBTQ people and kids, and I will continue to keep my promise of using every power available to me to defend them, protect their rights, and keep them safe,\u201d Evers said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The legislation would have kept anyone born a male out of girls sports in middle school, high school and at the college level.<\/p>\n

Republicans approved the plan on a party-line vote. Rep Barb Dittrich, R-Oconjomowoc, was the author.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday she said Evers turned his back on biological girls, and the vast majority of Wisconsin voters with his veto.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, Wisconsin\u2019s governor took a position against federal Title IX and against Wisconsin\u2019s girls in a disgusting veto of the Save Women\u2019s Sports Act that I authored with Sen. [Daniel] Knodl,\u201d Dittrich said. \u201cWhile he and his ilk continue to gaslight our citizens that this legislation was about hate and exclusion, he ignores the fact that the legislation provides categories for every Wisconsin student while respecting and protecting the safety and merit of our state\u2019s biological girls.<\/p>\n

The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, the group that runs high school sports in Wisconsin, allows trans athletes to compete.<\/p>\n

Trans female athletes, those born male but who transitioned to female, must have undergone testosterone suppression therapy for a year before they can play on a girls team under WIAA rules.<\/p>\n

Trans male athletes, those who were born female but who transitioned to male, only need to start taking testosterone in order to be able to play on boys teams.<\/p>\n

\u201cStates across this country may give way to radical policies targeting LGBTQ individuals and families and threatening LGBTQ folks\u2019 everyday lives and their ability to be safe, valued, supported, and welcome being who they are. As long as I am the governor of this great state, Wisconsin will not be among them,\u201d Evers said.<\/p>\n

Dittrich said the governor is out of touch.<\/p>\n

\u201cTony Evers sets himself up against the vast majority of Wisconsinites with this disgraceful veto. According to Marquette University Law School polls, 70% of Wisconsinites agreed with this legislation. His veto today clearly demonstrates his disrespect for women and girls as well as for protecting their hard-fought achievements,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/evers-vetoes-legislation-to-keep-trans-athletes-out-of-girls-sports\/ (The Center Square) \u2013 Add this to the list…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":9539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wi-right-now"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10092"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10094,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10092\/revisions\/10094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}