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Idaho transgender athlete ban is template for other states

by Rebecca Boone
| March 5, 2021 12:03 AM

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmaker Barbara Ehardt was on her evening walk back in 2018 when she was struck by worry. The longtime basketball coach had recently heard about some talented transgender athletes — a pair of high school girls from Connecticut who were regularly winning sprint championships.

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