Kindergarten girls targeted for invasive exams by new GOP-led ballot measure
www.rawstory.com
Washington State voters will decide the fate of a ballot initiative that would require girls from kindergarten through high school to undergo sex-verification testing before playing school sports — a measure critics call the most extreme of its kind in the country.IL26-638 would bar transgender athl...
  • spit_evil_olive_tips@beehaw.orgOP
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    3 months ago

    not normally a fan of Raw Story, but I like that their headline frames this fucking thing correctly.

    this is the “GOP megadonor Brian Heywood thinks your 5 year old girl needs a genital exam before she can play soccer with her friends” act of 2026.

  • Deyis@beehaw.org
    12·
    3 months ago

    IL26-638 would bar transgender athletes from girls’ teams by mandating that a health-care provider certify a player’s sex assigned at birth, using genetic screening, testosterone testing or an examination of reproductive anatomy as part of the annual sports physical every young athlete already undergoes

    That’s fucking gross.