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Left-leaning Washington and Colorado join more conservative states in banning transgender athletes
Compiled Nov 5

What happened
Washington voters approved Measure 638, banning students assigned male at birth from participating in female school sports, with more than 56% support
The detail
Measure 638 requires athletes to produce a health care provider's statement verifying their gender
The detail
Colorado voters approved Proposition 134, requiring schools and athletic associations to designate sports as male, female or coed, with 52% support
The detail
Arizona voters expanded a 2022 law via Proposition 318, barring transgender girls from female sports in all schools and restricting bathroom use based on assigned sex
How it unfolded
2022: Arizona passed an initial law restricting transgender athletes in public schools · less than two years ago: President Trump signed the executive order 'Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports' · Tuesday (election day): Washington voters approved Measure 638 banning transgender athletes from female sports · Tuesday (election day): Colorado voters approved Proposition 134 requiring sports to be designated male, female or coed · Tuesday (election day): Arizona voters approved Proposition 318 expanding transgender sports and bathroom restrictions · Tuesday (election day): A Nassau County transgender sports ban was struck down by an appeals court
By the numbers
56% Washington vote share · 52% Colorado vote share · well over half States with bans
Still unresolved
The article does not name the GOP nominee for New York governor who championed the Nassau County ban

