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Arizona voters appear all but certain excluding trans students from girls sports teams and the school bathrooms and locker rooms that reflect their gender identity.

Dubbed the “Protect Girls Sports in Arizona Act,” Proposition 318 threatens schools and athletic associations with lawsuits if they allow trans girls to join the sports teams consistent with their gender identity or let someone use a locker room, shower facility or bathroom intended to be for a person of the opposite biological sex. It is already illegal under Arizona law to permit trans girls to play on school sports teams designated for girls, but the initiative would extend that prohibition to private athletic organizations, like Little League.

Votes for Prop. 318 raced to a likely insurmountable lead of more than 200,000 votes when initial election results were released shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday. Those votes came from early ballots that were returned prior to Election Day.

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20261104050210/https://azmirror.com/2026/11/03/arizona-voters-back-prop-318-banning-trans-students-from-bathrooms-matching-their-gender/

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[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

We really need to get [GOP congress]men out of women's sports.

[–] StabbingSky@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 hours ago

And out of children's underwear

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 hours ago

Ah yes the panty check for perverts rule. So gross

[–] savvie@lemmy.zip 26 points 3 hours ago

Critics also argued that the initiative does the opposite of what it purports to do, by exposing cisgender girls to uncomfortable questions and discrimination based on what someone else perceives their gender identity to be. 

“The negative impacts (this) would have, not only on trying to bully and shame transgender people of all ages back into closets, into the shadows, but also to enforce a stereotype of what girls are supposed to look and dress and act like,” Joel Edman, a spokesman for Progress Arizona said. “The real risk that this measure poses is having all girls potentially scrutinized for being too tall, or too strong, or too good at whatever sport they want to play with their friends.”

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 9 points 3 hours ago

State initiatives are always a mixed bag that favors conservatives. Here in California, we turned down a billionaire tax (boo) but also turned down strict voter ID.

[–] fucmm@lemmy.zip 22 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

So we still have a bunch of stupid people in Arizona. Good to know lol

[–] doughless@lemmy.world 13 points 3 hours ago

Yes, my father-in-law is one of those people. Voted Democrat for all the candidates, but then voted yes to all the ballot measures because he's an idiot.