New Hampshire Senate passes bill that would prohibit trans athletes' inclusion with gender identity

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The New Hampshire senate passed a bill this week that would bar transgender athletes in grades 5-12 from competing against the gender they identify as.

Supporters of the legislation said they wanted to protect girls from being injured by larger and stronger transgender athletes.

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A bill passed in New Hampshire that would ban trans athletes in grades 5-12 from participating with their gender identity. (Fox News)

"When we talk about fairness and rights, we can’t cover every circumstance. And so in a very narrow way that I think to most of us is very clear, biological boys have an advantage over biological girls," said Senate President Jeb Bradley, a Republican from Wolfeboro. "We’ll never be able to legislate total fairness. But what we can’t do is create rights for one at the expense of another."

Meanwhile, Democrats who opposed the bill said it was based on fear mongering. Sen. Debra Altschiller, a Democrat from Stratham, said there are only five transgender girls in New Hampshire who are athletes.

"Those five girls are not a threat. They are the threatened," she said. "While this gesture of protection may seem valiant, we say, ‘No thank you.’ If you really want to protect girls, protect the marginalized transgender girls."

The passing of the bill comes a couple weeks after Arkansas governor Sarah Sanders signed an executive order in response to President Biden's new Title IX regulations that added protections for transgender athletes. Sanders said she had been "appalled" by the "attack on common sense."

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