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Democratic Kentucky Governor refuses to ban males from women’s sports

April 8, 2022 | | Print Article

Laurel Duggan, DCNF

Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear vetoed legislation Wednesday that would have barred males from competing in girls’ sports.

Beshear said the legislation was discriminatory in his veto letter. The state legislature has a supermajority and could overturn the veto, although the bill’s sponsors did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s inquiries about whether they would.

Kentucky’s Senate Bill 83 would have required school sports teams to be designated by sex or co-ed, and biological sex would be determined by the sex listed on a student’s original birth certificate.

Beshear’s Wednesday veto letter referenced recent decisions by the governors of Indiana and Utah to veto similar legislation due to the risk of lawsuits and lack of examples of trans athletes in their states wining unfairly. Beshear agreed with these points, but primarily focused on the policies of the Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA), which he said were more fair and appropriate.

KHSAA policies allow transgender students to compete in the sport of their choice if they have had their gender legally changed and undergone medical sex-change procedures, Beshear explained.

Beshear claimed in his veto letter that the legislation would have imposed “a complete ban on transgender children to compete in girls’ sports.” The bill requires students of all gender identities compete in sports according to their biological sex. It would not, for example, ban transgender children who are biologically female but identify as male from competing in girls’ sports.

“The woke movement is alive & well in the KY Governor’s mansion after today’s vetoes of SB83 & SB1,” state Senator Max Wise wrote on Twitter. “ A Governor who thinks that decades of females fighting for sports equality & replaced by transgender competition is not tuned into the people of the Commonwealth.”

Beshear’s office directed the DCNF to the official veto letter but did not offer further comments.

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12 thoughts on “Democratic Kentucky Governor refuses to ban males from women’s sports”

  1. Going by the sex on the birth certificate guarantees fairness in sports which designate participants by sex. Transgenders can always form their own leagues.

  2. How come half of what “I” want to “say” is DENIED because “SAFARI”can’t find the page? Who’s BLOCKING THIS? APPLE? I’m NOT a happy camper…….

  4. “ANDY”, is a Wuss, a Mommy’ Boy, a Sissy. Basically a typical Sexually Confused DEMOCRAT. Last time he saw a woman “naked, was coming through the BIRTH CANAL !

  5. Democrats don’t care or worry about women. It’s right there for all to see right in front of our open eyes.

  6. As a Kentuckian, this is no surprise to me. This governor seems to do what the WH wants done, and to hell with his citizens and especially the female athletes. Wonder what was in it for him or the state. Kentucky has been swamped with democrat politicians so long, it’s almost like Chicago. You must have that “D” after your name, because people are not doing their due diligence and getting informed. This governor is the son of a former governor, much like Canada, a hand-me-down seat, a recognizable name with a “D.”

  7. OK, now let me get this straight. He’s a Democrat, so consequently, isn’t he supposed to be in favor of women’s rights? So how does this play into it? If I were a woman athlete and was being forced to compete with a male turned female, that would be the end of it. All these women ought to refuse to compete. Someone born with male hormones develops differently, hence they have more muscle mass. You can make all the surgical changes you want to, but the bottom line is, you were still born with a large amount of testosterone. Remember, you can’t fool Mother Nature! Just another sick practice from the “woke” culture. Am waiting for them all to crash and burn.

  8. This is not a tale of wokeism, it is a story of a truly misogynist governor who hates women and is demonstrating that by allowing men, with all their male genitalia still attached, to compete with biological smaller, slower, women. His hatred for women must be intense. He needs to be overriden, and removed for his discrimination against women. What a pig. Let’s go Brandon FJB

    1. The majority of MY state, Ky., does NOT agree with andy. They will over ride this veto. He WILL be a “one time” gov. & mitchy, will be gone, too.

  9. Time for this guy to get the BOOT !! WHAT is it with this Veto? WHAT is it that we DON’T KNOW about this POS Governor ??

  10. Makes you wonder why women are not running away fast and far from the democrat party. Are they so shallow that they’re content with losing their organized athletic rights as long as they can keep getting their precious abortions?

  11. Looks as if Liltle Andy knows from where his votes come, doesn’t it? Gotta keep putting women down and towing that democratic, perversion line.

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