At a Wednesday Senate committee hearing, critics and supporters of four bills intended to forbid trans athletes from participating in women’s college sports spoke.
MADISON (WKOW) — At a Wednesday Senate committee hearing, critics and supporters of four bills intended to forbid trans athletes from participating in women’s college sports spoke.
The LGBTQ+ Caucus opposes legislation that targets trans sports.
The majority of the listeners before the Senate Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families voiced their antagonism to the legislation.
Several of the listeners identified as trans and gave the council a glimpse into their personal lives.
Amy Wall’s wife passed away when she continued to identify as a person. Decades later, she came to understand that she was transgender.
However, Wall claimed that because my children had lost their family three years prior, I was reluctant to tell them. It might cause them more harm. However, they liked it. Additionally, they refer to me as “mom” and have treated me incredibly well.
The costs would require colleges, universities, and colleges to categorize organized activities as either male, sexual, or both. Additionally, regardless of their latest gender identity, they would forbid people who were born with a male gender from taking part in female-only sports.
Those who oppose the payments view them as a component of an overall attack on trans rights.
Tessa Price, another transwoman who spoke out against the charges, said on 27 Media,” 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 bill partners 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 the very least, we recognize the significance of maintaining female sports as such.”
Rep. Barbara Dittrich (R-Oconomowoc ) was questioned by a committee member about why no women’s organizations were supporting the legislation. Dittrich asserted that although she had spoken to female costs supporters, nothing had been able to make it to the hearing.
The payments are likely to be vetoed by Gov. even if they are approved by the Legislature. Democrat Tony Evers is one.
The activists and transgender speakers framed the debate over the policy 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 exactly as I am right now.”
