🚨 HEADS UP: The Georgia State House is now considering SB 1, a transgender sports ban which would also restrict trans athletes from using the correct restrooms. 🧵 We’ll be live posting here. Watch along: legis.ga.gov - ThreadSky

georgiaequality.org • 3 days ago

🚨 HEADS UP: The Georgia State House is now considering SB 1, a transgender sports ban which would also restrict trans athletes from using the correct restrooms.

🧵 We’ll be live posting here.

Watch along: https://legis.ga.gov

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georgiaequality.org•3 days ago

“How many trans athletes are there in the state of Georgia?” Rep. @ruwaromman.bsky.social asks.

Bill author Rep. Josh Bonner answers, “I do not know that.”

That’s because the real answer is a negligible number of trans Georgians playing sports.

georgiaequality.org•3 days ago

Rep. Bonner calls this “a level playing field for girl athletes.”

FACT CHECK: This could lead to the over-policing of all women athletes— trans or not— if they don’t meet the stereotypes of what a woman ‘should’ look like.

georgiaequality.org•3 days ago

Rep. Karen Lupton is now speaking against the bill: “I noticed something distinct about who was speaking for the bill and who was speaking against… if this was so needed… you’d think there’d be lots of coaches… athletes… saying ‘we need this now.’”

“Who spoke in favor? 2 rightwing organizations.”

georgiaequality.org•3 days ago

“If that’s the best you can bring, I don’t think we’re accomplishing safety in women’s sports,” Rep. Lupton says of the only proponents of the bill being far-right lobbyists.

She denounces SB 1 being the first bill filed: “The Senate’s 1st priority is an issue that doesn’t exist.”

georgiaequality.org•3 days ago

Rep. Lupton cites the 400+ NCAA athletes that support inclusion of trans folks in response to the NCAA’s controversial rule change.

She follows up with data on the prevalence of sexual violence in youth sports (1 in 5 women), noting that this should be priority for safety in sports.

georgiaequality.org•3 days ago

Rep. Jasmine Clark is now speaking against the bill: “This bill is a license to harass, to bully, and to harm.”

Rep. Clark cites a cis woman who was harassed for using a women’s restroom because a man suspected that she was trans:

“This is the type of harassment we’d be inviting into our schools.”

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