On Wednesday, Republicans in the Louisiana House of Representatives failed to amass the number of votes needed to override a veto of a bill that would have banned transgender athletes from competing in sports consistent with their gender identity. The NCAA previously relocated several sporting events from North Carolina in 2016 to protest an anti-transgender “bathroom bill” passed in that state. We have a very fragile but recovering economy in the City of New Orleans, in the state of Louisiana,” Leger said. She noted during debate in the Senate’s override session that 400 major corporations have come out publicly against laws like the transgender sports ban. “Today, the Louisiana House failed to force a discriminatory anti-transgender sports ban bill into law.

Source: MetroXpress July 21, 2021 20:57 UTC