On Friday, May 6, 2022 Governor Bill Lee signed off on legislation banning transgender athletes from participating in female college sports. Even though Lee did not issue a comment explaining why he signed the legislation, he has stated previously that allowing transgender athletes to participate in female sports would quote “destroy women’s sports.”

July 1 is when the bill will go into effect.

The Human Rights Campaign states that Tennessee is one of eight states that have passed anti-transgender sports bills. This bill comes after a separate bill that bans transgender athletes from competing on middle and high school sports teams that do not align with their gender on their birth certificates.

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