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Montana transgender athletes bill amended amid funding worry

by Iris Samuels
| April 20, 2021 12:30 PM

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana lawmakers amended Tuesday a bill that would ban transgender athletes from competing in school and college sports according to the gender with which they identify. Under the amendment, the measure would be nullified if the federal government withholds education funding from the state as a result of the policy.

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