Third GOP Gov Moves To Protect Girls Sports: Athletes To Be Separated By Biological Sex, Not Gender Identity

Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill Friday to “preserve women’s athletics and ensure fair competition” by separating sports by biological sex, as opposed to gender identity. The move would effectively ban transgender females, biological males who identify as females, from participating in girls sports.

Lee is the third Republican governor to sign such a bill. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed similar legislation Thursday, and Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves confirmed the biological sex separation earlier this month.