Transgender girls and women would be barred from participating in sports on the team that aligns with their gender identity under a proposed Arizona law.
Similar legislation has been proposed in Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Missouri, New Hampshire, Tennessee and Washington state, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
Several national women's rights and sports organizations are pushing back, saying in a letter distributed by the American Civil Liberties Union that barring transgender people from sports teams aligning with their gender identity often means they are “excluded from participating altogether." Conservative groups are also pushing bills that would bar doctors from providing them certain gender-related medical treatment.
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