The future of women's sports is starting to look brighter.
Kentucky lawmakers overrode Gov. Andy Beshear's veto of Senate Bill 83, a bill that would require K-12 students to participate in sports teams based on the sex on their birth certificate.
Beshear originally vetoed the bill, saying in a letter that, "Transgender children deserve public officials' efforts to demonstrate that they are valued members of our communities through compassion, kindness and empathy, even if not understanding."
Right, because real women especially need to suffer so people can feel "welcomed." Yikes.
But Kentucky legislators would have none of that and decided to veto Beshear's veto. Kentucky's House of Representatives and State Senate overwhelmingly supported the bill, passing it with votes of 70-23 and 26-9, respectively.
🚨BREAKING: Kentucky Legislature OVERRIDES Democrat Governor’s veto of legislation banning males from playing women’s sports! HUGE WIN!
— Tim Swain (@SwainForSenate) April 13, 2022
The bill is the second of its kind to be passed in the last month. In March, Oklahoma passed the "Save Women's Sports Act," which will prevent transgendered males from competing in women's sports.
Who knows? With this sort of momentum, maybe we can get Lia Thomas out of women's swimming soon and back to be terrible in the men's division.
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