MADISON, WI (AP)— Republicans who control the Wisconsin Assembly have passed legislation that would limit transgender athletes' participation in high school and college sports and outlaw gender-affirming surgery on minors.
The chamber approved the bills Thursday.
The proposals are part of a wave of Republican-backed legislation nationwide to roll back transgender rights. Almost two dozen states have limited athletes to playing only on teams that match the gender they were assigned at birth. At least 22 states have banned gender-affirming care for transgender minors.
Efforts to limit transgender rights have sparked fierce pushback and triggered discrimination lawsuits along the way.
