The GOP-led House of Representatives on Jan. 14 passed legislation banning transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports at federally-funded schools, marking the second time in as many years that the lower house has passed a discriminatory bill targeting the rights of trans and non-binary student-athletes.
The anti-trans bill passed 218-206, mostly along party lines, though Democrats Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar, both of Texas, voted in favor of the bill, while Democrat Don Davis of North Carolina voted “present.” The legislation faces long odds in the Senate — even under GOP control — since it would require overcoming the 60-vote threshold to prevent a filibuster.
