Virginia’s top Republicans joined hands to call on the General Assembly to keep transgender women – who they called “biological males” – out of women’s sports.
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Virginia’s top Republicans joined Wednesday to call on the General Assembly to keep transgender women – who they instead called “biological males” – out of women’s sports.
It was a theme President-elect Donald Trump hit hard during last year’s campaign, including at a rally in Salem where he hailed the Roanoke College woman swimmers who in 2023 opposed a transgender woman joining their team.
ThequestionoftransgenderwomeninsportssparkedsomesharppartisanattackswhenGov.GlennYoungkin,Lt.Gov.WinsomeEarle-SearsandAttorneyGeneralJasonMiyaresspokeatrallyWednesdayinsupportofaban,ataneventinthelobbyoftheBarbaraJohnsBuilding,whichhousestheattorneygeneral’soffice.
TheycalledforpassageoflegislationsponsoredbyDel.DeloresOates,R-WarrenandstateSen.TammyMulchi,R-Mecklenburgthatwouldbarstudentswhosebiologicalsexismalefromparticipatinginhighschoolorcollegeteamsandsportsexpresslydesignatedforfem
