Pennsylvania governor vetoes 'discriminatory and harmful' anti-trans sports bill – PinkNews

Governor Tom Wolf has vetoed the Pennsylvania’s latest anti-trans sports bill. (Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for ByHeart) Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf has vetoed a “discriminatory, unnecessary and harmful” anti-trans sports ban. On Friday (8 July), Wolf refused to sign House Bill 972 which would have barred trans girls from participating in girls and women’s athletics at publicly-funded schools and at any institution where students or teams compete against public schools. HB 972 was passed in April by the House of Representatives with a 115-84 vote before gliding through the Senate. It would have also given schools the power to sue athletes or have regulators if they were penalised for barring trans athletes.  Students who felt retaliated against by a school or athletic association for reporting violations of the law would have similarly been given the power to seek legal action. But Wolf said HB 972 would have penalised trans and non-binary youth for simply existing. “I have been crystal clear during my time in office that hate has no place in Pennsylvania, especially discrimination against already marginalized youth representing less than half of one per cent of Pennsylvania’s population,” said Wolf said in a statement on the governor’s website. “The fact that this…
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