Article image On April 5, the New Hampshire Senate witnessed a heated debate over legislation concerning transgender athletes in youth sports. The bill , SB 375, which passed on a 14-10 party-line vote, aims to separate interscholastic and collegiate sports based on an individual’s biological sex. The bill is now under consideration by the New Hampshire House Education Committee.
State Senator Debra Altschiller, vehemently opposed the legislation characterizing it as an act of violence against transgender youth. “Denying a person’s existence, restricting their access to things because you don’t understand gender identity is violence,” Altshciller said.
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Senate President Jeb Bradley, a Republican, countered Altschiller’s accusations by pointing to his 2018 vote to include gender identity as a protected class under anti-discrimination law. Bradley cited recent incidents in Massachusetts high school sports, expressing a desire to prevent similar […]
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