Alabama’s governor signs law banning transgender girls from female teams

Alabama’s governor signs law banning transgender girls from female teams
General view of a running track (Adam Davy/PA)

Republican governor Kay Ivey signed legislation restricting transgender students from participating in K-12 sports, making Alabama the latest conservative state to ban transgender girls from playing on female sports teams.

Ms Ivey’s office announced in an email that she had signed the bill that says a public K-12 school “may never allow a biological male to participate on a female team”.

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