Wed Mar 8, 2023 – 3:54 pm EST
CHEYENNE (LifeSiteNews) — The Wyoming legislature recently approved a bill that would separate sports teams by biological girls and boys while also establishing a system in which kids may be deemed eligible to play on a team that does not align with their sex.
The Republican-sponsored legislation has passed both the House of Representatives and the Senate. It now heads to Republican Gov. Mark Gordon, who will either veto the bill or sign it into law.
Senate File 0133 first requires that athletic activities within public and private schools “expressly designate school athletic activities and teams” as male, female, or coed. Boys and girls are, as a rule, prohibited from competing against each other on school sports teams and schools are protected from complaints and investigations for implementing this rule.
However, the legislation also proposes to form a “school activity eligibility commission” which allows for students to compete against members of the opposite sex if the designated commission approves their requests.
“The commission shall consist of five members appointed by the Wyoming high school activities association within thirty days following this article becoming effective,” the bill states. “The
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