MAP: The 25 states that ban trans people from competing in female sports, and the remaining 25 'failing women'

There has been world contention complete Imane Khelif, a 'biologically male' jock who competed successful women's boxing against opponent Angela Carini astatine nan Olympics this week.

But nan rumor of athletes competing successful sports that do not align pinch their biologic activity is not new, and has been a basking fastener rumor for years successful nan US. 

Since 2020, half of American states person implemented various bans to artifact transgender younker from competing successful women's schoolhouse sports.

Almost each of these are Republican-led, highlighting nan politically fraught quality of nan issue.

Khelif, who was calved a female but tested affirmative for XY chromosomes — typically seen successful a man — defeated Carini successful conscionable 46 seconds successful nan match, pinch her force bowing retired saying she feared for her safety.

There has since been backlash online, pinch galore figures — including Harry Potter writer J.K. Rowling — suggesting Khelif shouldn't person been allowed to compete successful nan women's category.

Before nan match, precocious schoolhouse volleyball subordinate Payton McNabb — who was partially paralyzed aft a transgender subordinate deed her pinch a shot — said it was 'disgusting' that Khelif was being allowed to compete.

Since her injury, nan North Carolina autochthonal has been instrumental successful implementing a prohibition successful her authorities connected biologic men competing successful women's sports.

She has urged different states to follow, arguing that allowing transwomen successful female sports could beryllium vulnerable and deprive biologic women of nan chance to play.

Multiple reviews person suggested biologic males clasp an advantage complete their chap female athletes, moreover years aft starting their modulation and taking hormones to little testosterone.

It is this grounds that aggregate states person utilized while proposing bans connected transgender athletes successful women's sports.

The bans mean that transgender kids are blocked from playing connected teams that lucifer their gender identity, but not their biologic sex.

Transgender younker relationship for astir 1 percent of 12- to 17-year-olds successful schools. 

Of nan states bringing successful bans, 11 opportunity a child's activity will beryllium defined by that listed connected their commencement certificate.

Oklahoma requires an affidavit — aliases written connection that is sworn to beryllium existent — connected a child's activity connected their commencement certificate, while different states springiness specifications of a biologic man successful their bans.

A representation made by think-tank Movement Advancement Project, which advocates for trans authorities successful states, reveals nan 25 states that person brought successful bans are concentrated successful nan southeastern and occidental US — and are astir each Republican-led.

They see nan Dakotas, Texas, Iowa, Missouri, Utah, Montana, Florida, Kentucky, Alabama and Louisiana, among others. 

The Movement Advancement Project calls nan policies 'blanket bans connected transgender people's information successful sports, and these bans are some unnecessary and harmful.'

It is besides successful these states that lawmakers person aliases are attempting to limit options disposable to group identifying arsenic trans, including restricting hormone therapy, puberty blockers and bath access. 

States that do let trans younker to participate successful sports that align pinch their gender personality see California, Colorado, New Mexico, New York, Georgia, Minnesota and Illinois, among others. 

Unlike their counterparts, these states mostly person protections successful spot for group identifying arsenic trans, including bath choice, workplace and schoolhouse protections and entree to hormone replacement therapy and puberty blockers.