Alaska House committee advances bill to expand state trans girls’ sports ban

From left to right, Reps. Rebecca Himschoot, I-Sitka, Mike Prax, R-North Pole, Jamie Allard, R-Eagle River, Justin Ruffridge, R-Soldotna, CJ McCormick, D-Bethel, Tom McKay, R-Anchorage, and Andi Story, D-Juneau, pictured shortly after voting 4-3 to advance a transgender sports bill from the House Education Committee.

Eagle River Republican Rep. Jamie Allard, who introduced the measure, said in a brief interview after Monday’s vote that it was needed because “women’s rights and girls’ rights are being violated.” The vast majority of public testimony to the education committee Monday was opposed to Allard’s bill. Several callers said it would harm LGBTQ students.

Several parents who testified Monday echoed testimony earlier in the month from Riley Gaines, a former University of Kentucky swimmer turned conservative political campaigner. Gaines has used her own experience competing against a transgender athlete to advocate against the participation of transgender athletes in women’s’ sportsproposed last year by Dunleavy to limit sex education and restrict which bathrooms transgender students can use at schools.

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