Political and Legislative
A Proposed Minnesota Bill Could Result in Transgender Athletes Facing Criminal Charges
A state lawmaker in Minnesota has introduced a bill that would result in criminal charges for transgender athletes.
State Rep. Eric Lucero (R) introduced H.R. 1657 on Thursday, Metro Weekly reported. The bill seeks to ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports.
Under the proposed legislation, “male” is specifically defined as a person with a “heterogametic sex chromosome pair consisting of one X chromosome and one Y chromosome.”
The bill would ban transgender students who identify as women from trying out for or participating in female-only school sports. It would make doing so a petty misdemeanor punishable by a maximum fine of $300.
