South Dakota Is Close To Discriminating Against Young Transgender Athletes
Transgender rights and athletics have long gone hand in hand.
When North Carolina passed an anti-transgender “bathroom bill” in 2016, it was in large part the prospect of losing NCAA championship games that prompted legislators to revise the law the following year.
But now, some lawmakers in South Dakota are trying to use sports as a weapon against transgender people in a bill that LGBT advocates warn could spawn a wave of copycats.