Arizona voters appear all but certain excluding trans students from girls sports teams and the school bathrooms and locker rooms that reflect their gender identity.

Dubbed the “Protect Girls Sports in Arizona Act,” Proposition 318 threatens schools and athletic associations with lawsuits if they allow trans girls to join the sports teams consistent with their gender identity or let someone use a locker room, shower facility or bathroom intended to be for a person of the opposite biological sex. It is already illegal under Arizona law to permit trans girls to play on school sports teams designated for girls, but the initiative would extend that prohibition to private athletic organizations, like Little League.

Votes for Prop. 318 raced to a likely insurmountable lead of more than 200,000 votes when initial election results were released shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday. Those votes came from early ballots that were returned prior to Election Day.

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[–] 21 points 5 days ago

Ah yes the panty check for perverts rule. So gross

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  • [–] 40 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    Critics also argued that the initiative does the opposite of what it purports to do, by exposing cisgender girls to uncomfortable questions and discrimination based on what someone else perceives their gender identity to be. 

    “The negative impacts (this) would have, not only on trying to bully and shame transgender people of all ages back into closets, into the shadows, but also to enforce a stereotype of what girls are supposed to look and dress and act like,” Joel Edman, a spokesman for Progress Arizona said. “The real risk that this measure poses is having all girls potentially scrutinized for being too tall, or too strong, or too good at whatever sport they want to play with their friends.”

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  • [–] 19 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    We really need to get [GOP congress]men out of women's sports.

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  • [–] 32 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    So we still have a bunch of stupid people in Arizona. Good to know lol

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  • [–] 11 points 5 days ago* (2 children)

    To be specific it was trans girls only.

    They don't care if trans boys are in male sports or mens restrooms.

    They just want to know who is a trans girl to recruit to their new pedo ring.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    male sports are more or less the gender neutral sport, same with restrooms

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  • [–] 3 points 4 days ago

    I think what schools should do, is make most of their sports both genders.

    It's just kids. Why not?

    Or have a secondary (3rd?) team that's all genders.

    They can't ban trans girls from playing on a team that's for both boys and girls.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 days ago

    State initiatives are always a mixed bag that favors conservatives. Here in California, we turned down a billionaire tax (boo) but also turned down strict voter ID.

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  • Ah surely this will make things cheaper to live

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  • [–] 5 points 5 days ago* (3 children)

    Wherever they do this I kinda wish a group of masc trans men organize and go in various public women's bathrooms together until everyone realizes how stupid this shit is.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    I dont remember where it was but a group of trans men did that recently.

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