Wisconsin Democrat Governor Tony Evers vetoed a bill on Tuesday that aimed to protect women’s sports by prohibiting biological male athletes from competing alongside females.
"This type of legislation, and the harmful rhetoric beget by pursuing it, harms LGBTQ Wisconsinites’ and kids’ mental health, emboldens anti-LGBTQ harassment, bullying, and violence, and threatens the safety and dignity of LGBTQ Wisconsinites, especially our LGBTQ kids," Evers said, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.The Democratic Governor of Wisconsin has just VETOED a bill aimed at safeguarding girls and prohibiting males from participating in female school sports teams. He argued that the bill is discriminatory against LGBTQ individuals.
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