Category: villains
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Asa Hutchinson: Gender Villain
Governor of U.S. state of Arkansas who, in March 2021, signed SB 354, a law that prohibits transgender girls and women from participating in girls’ and women’s sports in elementary school through college.
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Doug Ducey: Gender Villain
Former governor of U.S. state of Arizona who, on March 30, 2022, signed into law SB 1165, which bans transgender female athletes from participating in girls’ interscholastic and intramural sports starting in kindergarten and running through college.
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Greg Abbott: Gender Villain
Republican Governor of U.S. state Texas who on June 2, 2023, signed legislation barring transgender youth from accessing gender-affirming care and who, on October 25, 2021, signed into law HB 25, which prohibits transgender student athletes from participating in school sports, and on June 15, 2023, signed SB 15, which extends the restriction to colleges.
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Kay Ivey: Gender Villain
Republican Governor of U.S. state of Alabama who on April 23, 2021, approved legislation to bar transgender students in elementary to high schools from participating in sports teams matching their gender identity and on May 30, 2023, extended the law to apply to public two- and four-year colleges in that state.
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Tate Reeves: Gender Villain
Republican Governor of U.S. state of Mississippi who signed SB 2536 in March 2021 limiting transgender athletes’ ability to participate in sports and who signed House Bill 1125 on February 28, 2023, banning gender-affirming care in the state for anyone younger than 18.
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Jim Justice: Gender Villain
Republican Governor of the U.S. state of West Virginia signed into law HB 3293 on April 28, 2021, which mandates that transgender student athletes may not participate in girls’ sports in public elementary school, middle school, high school or college.
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Bill Lee: Gender Villain
Republican Governor of U.S. state of Tennessee who, in March 2021, signed a law requiring high school and middle school student athletes’ “gender for purposes of participation” in athletic events to be determined by their original birth certificate and who, in May 2022, signed into law a bill that bans transgender athletes from participating in…
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Henry McMaster: Gender Villain
Republican Governor of U.S. state of South Carolina who signed into law H4608 on May 16, 2022, which prohibits transgender boys and girls from competing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity from elementary school through college.