What we know
What we know: Left-leaning Washington and Colorado join more conservative states in banning transgender athletes
Compiled Nov 5
What we know
- Washington voters approved Measure 638, banning students assigned male at birth from participating in female school sports, with more than 56% support
- Measure 638 requires athletes to produce a health care provider's statement verifying their gender
- Colorado voters approved Proposition 134, requiring schools and athletic associations to designate sports as male, female or coed, with 52% support
- 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
- Nebraska passed Measure 442, codifying its existing transgender athlete ban into the state constitution
- Missouri voters rejected Amendment 3, which would have banned gender-transition treatment for minors and repealed abortion rights
- A Nassau County, New York transgender sports ban was struck down by an appeals court
- Trump signed an executive order titled 'Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports' giving federal agencies authority over Title IX enforcement
What we don’t know yet
- The article does not name the GOP nominee for New York governor who championed the Nassau County ban
Open questions
- Will other Democratic-led states adopt similar transgender athlete bans?
- What will happen to the Nassau County case and its effect on the governor's race?
- How will advocacy groups respond to these election results going forward?
- Why did Missouri voters reject Amendment 3 while other states passed similar restrictions?
Drawn from the Associated Press report. “What we don’t know” lists only what the reporting itself flags as unresolved.