From UPI.com……
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed a bill into law banning transgender students from playing sports according to their gender identity.
The bill forces transgender students to compete in middle or high school school sports based on their gender according to their sex at birth instead of their gender identity, a bill summary shows.
“I signed the bill to preserve women’s athletics and ensure fair competition,” Lee tweeted Friday. “This legislation responds to damaging federal policies that stand in opposition to the years of progress made under Title IX and I commend members of the General Assembly for their bipartisan work.”
Tennessee is the third state to enact such legislation this year. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson similarly signed into law a bill to ban transgender women from participating on girls’ and women’s sports teams Thursday. Earlier this month, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves also signed into law similar legislation.
