{"id":1410656,"date":"2022-03-30T14:59:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T18:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1410656"},"modified":"2022-03-30T14:59:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T18:59:56","slug":"girls-should-compete-against-girls-oklahoma-gov-signs-trans-athletes-ban-into-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/girls-should-compete-against-girls-oklahoma-gov-signs-trans-athletes-ban-into-law\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Girls Should Compete Against Girls&#039;: Oklahoma Gov Signs Trans Athletes Ban into Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgirls-should-compete-against-girls-oklahoma-gov-signs-trans-athletes-ban-into-law%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1410656&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) \u2014 Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law on Wednesday that prevents transgender girls and women from competing on female sports teams, joining a dozen other states with similar laws.<\/p>\n<p>Flanked by more than a dozen young female athletes, including his 14-year-old daughter Piper, Stitt signed the measure, dubbed the \u201d Save Women\u2019s Sports Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis bill, the Save Women\u2019s Sports Act, to us in Oklahoma is just common sense,\u201d said Stitt, a first-term Republican who is running for reelection. \u201cWhen it comes to sports and athletics, girls should compete against girls. Boys should compete against boys. And let\u2019s be very clear: That\u2019s all this bill says.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.gettyimages.com\/photos\/governor-kevin-stitt-speaks-during-a-roundtable-at-the-state-dining-picture-id1250539254?k=20&#038;m=1250539254&#038;s=612x612&#038;w=0&#038;h=0Gvjfc9SiWLAe_-arvZTlLUvvxcHvs45s1naOUXJZNM=\" alt=\"Governor Kevin Stitt speaks during a roundtable at the State Dining Room of the White House June 18, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump held a...\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt (Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The bill, which easily passed the Republican-led House and Senate mostly along party lines, took effect immediately with the governor\u2019s signature. It applies to female sports teams in both high school and college.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The new law was quickly panned by civil rights groups as unnecessarily targeting a group of people who already are marginalized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/i-know-who-i-am-transgender-youth-on-the-value-of-support-respect-for-their-identities\">Transgender people belong everywhere<\/a>, but with the swipe of a pen and a public display, Governor Stitt has sent a clear message to Oklahoma\u2019s vulnerable transgender youth that they are not welcome or accepted in our state,\u201d Tamya Cox-Toure, the executive director of the Oklahoma chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. \u201cUltimately, SB2 violates the United States Constitution and federal civil rights law, puts Oklahoma at risk of losing federal funding, and harms transgender youth, all to solve a problem that does not exist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The state\u2019s governing body for high school sports, the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activity Association, has had a policy in place since 2015 addressing transgender athletes\u2019 participation in sports, but OSSAA spokesman Van Shea Iven said no school has ever requested enforcement of the policy for a male student transitioning to female.<\/p>\n<p>Outside the room where Stitt signed the bill, 26-year-old Cara Kleber, who is transgender, held a sign that read: \u201cHow does it feel bullying kids needing support?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re not going to keep trans kids\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/nation\/ncaa-creates-new-sport-by-sport-guidelines-for-transgender-athletes\">from playing sports<\/a>, having fun or living their lives,\u201d Kleber said. \u201cWhat they are going to do with this bill is tell them they\u2019re not invited in spaces and amongst everyone else, that they\u2019re not equal, that they\u2019re not loved, that they\u2019re not cared for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A similar bill did not advance last year, but several supporters of the measure said they were convinced to vote for it after University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, a trans woman, won a title earlier this month at the national NCAA Women\u2019s Division I championship.<\/p>\n<p>Some opponents had raised concerns about the NCAA pulling sports tournaments from Oklahoma, including the Women\u2019s College World Series held each year in Oklahoma City, but Stitt said he wasn\u2019t concerned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not worried about it, because we know Oklahomans are with us and the majority of Americans are with us as well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) \u2014 Oklahoma Gov. 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