{"id":1862,"date":"2022-03-25T16:11:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T16:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linksus.net\/kentucky-general-assembly-passes-bill-banning-transgender-girls-from-sports-news-40-wnky-com\/"},"modified":"2022-03-25T16:11:55","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T16:11:55","slug":"kentucky-general-assembly-passes-bill-banning-transgender-girls-from-sports-news-40-wnky-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/2022\/03\/25\/kentucky-general-assembly-passes-bill-banning-transgender-girls-from-sports-news-40-wnky-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky General Assembly passes bill banning transgender girls from sports &#8211; News 40 &#8211; wnky.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sections<br \/>Social Media &amp; Info<br \/>\t<script>\n\t\tvar field59 = field59 || {};\n\t\tfield59.ipo = {\n\t\t\t\"global\" : {\n\t\t\t\t\"dfpConfig\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"prerollTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ads?sz=640x480&iu=\/174384104\/wnky\/news&ciu_szs=300x250&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=vast&vpos=preroll&unviewed_position_start=1&correlator=1648224291&cust_params=category=News%2CTop%20Stories&video_position=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wnky.com%2Fkentucky-general-assembly-passes-bill-banning-transgender-girls-from-sports%2F&post=1178464\"\n\t\t\t\t}\t\t\t}\n\t\t};\n\t<\/script> \t<script src=\"https:\/\/player.field59.com\/v4\/vp\/WNKY\/f44da5241bdd1a868f7ce3c0cb1cddf1eae8a212\"><\/script><br \/>FRANKFORT, Ky. &#8211; The Kentucky General Assembly has passed SB 83, also known as the Save Women&#8217;s Sports Act, a bill barring transgender girls from participating in sports, according to a release by the Fairness Campaign.<br \/>According to the Kentucky General Assembly <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.legislature.ky.gov\/record\/22rs\/sb83.html\">website<\/a>, the bill would prohibit transgender students identifying as female from participating in athletic teams, activities and sports designated for girls.<br \/>\u201cTransgender kids want the same things all children do\u2014to play with their friends, get a good education and pursue their passions, including sports,&#8221; said Fairness Campaign Executive Director Chris Hartman. &#8220;Like all kids, they deserve the opportunity to participate on sports teams that help them stay active, bring them joy and fulfillment, and teach them about teamwork, discipline and sportsmanship.\u201d<br \/>Fairness now calls on Gov. Andy Beshear to veto the measure.<br \/>The bill now heads to Beshear&#8217;s desk to be signed into law or vetoed.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/><strong>News 40 &#8211; <\/strong><strong>Weekdays at 6a, 12p, 5p, 6p and 10p<\/strong><br \/><i class=\"fa fa-video-camera\"><a href=\"\/watch-live\"><\/i>\u00a0Watch WNKY Live<\/a><br \/>&copy; 2022 News 40 | WNKY Television.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnky.com\/kentucky-general-assembly-passes-bill-banning-transgender-girls-from-sports\/\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SectionsSocial Media &amp; Info FRANKFORT, Ky. &#8211; The Kentucky General Assembly has passed SB 83, also known as the Save Women&#8217;s Sports Act, a bill barring transgender girls from participating in sports, according to a release by the Fairness Campaign.According to the Kentucky General Assembly website, the bill would prohibit transgender students identifying as female [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":869,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1862"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1862\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}