MADISON ( WKOW)- On Wednesday, opponents and followers of four bills intended to forbid trans athletes from participating in women’s college sports spoke at a Senate committee hearing.
The majority of the senators who spoke before the council on mental health, substance abuse prevention, babies, and people voiced opposition to the bill.
Several of the loudspeakers identified as trans and gave the council some perspective by sharing their own experiences.
Amy Wall’s wife passed away when she continued to identify as a person. She came to terms with her transgender identity centuries later.
Wall remarked,” But I was afraid to tell my children because they had lost their family three years earlier.” They might suffer more as a result. However, they liked it. And they refer to me as “mom” and have just been incredibly kind to her.
According to the charges, organized sports would be classified as either male, female, or both in colleges, universities, and colleges. Additionally, regardless of their latest gender identity, they would forbid people who were born with the female gender from participating in female-only sports.
The charges are seen by those speaking out against them as part of a larger trans right attack.
Tessa Price, another transwoman who spoke out against the charges, said on 27 Reports,” There’s a lot of things on the federal amount of trans people being excluded, being told that we are not welcome, getting told we’re not real.” ” And there is a lot of effort being made to keep us out of open places, and part of that effort is to stop us from participating in sports.”
Religious organizations and the expenses ‘ sponsors were among those who spoke in favor of the policy.
Rep. Dan Knodl ( R- Germantown ) stated that” the tide has changed or has turned, or at least we recognize the importance of keeping female sports as such.”
Rep. Barbara Dittrich ( R- Oconomowoc ) was questioned by a committee member about why no women’s organizations were speaking out in favor of the legislation. Dittrich asserted that although she had spoken to female act supporters, nothing had been able to make it to the hearing.
The costs are likely to be vetoed by Gov. yet if they are approved by the Legislature. Democrat Tony Evers is one.
The debate over the policy was framed by the proponents and transsexual speakers as a struggle to maintain their sense of self.
I’m so many happier and more at ease, Wall remarked. ” And I wish my family could see me in my current state.”
