Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have barred biologically male student-athletes from participating in women’s and girls’ sports at public and private schools in the state.
The Republican-backed measure, titled the Fairness in Womens’ Sports Act, “discriminates against transgender children,” the Democratic governor said in a veto letter signed on Wednesday, noting that the bill “most likely” violates the U.S. Constitution’s equal protection rights and it offers no example of an unfair advantage by a transgender student.
Kentucky’s Republican-dominated legislature still has a chance to force Senate Bill 83 through and override Beshear’s veto with a majority vote in both houses, which is expected to happen in mid-April.
If the bill does pass with a majority vote in both houses, it will not ban transgender student-athletes from playing sports, but it will require them to participate in competitive activities according to the child’s original birth certificate from sixth grade through college
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