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Tennessee bill to ban transgender athletes heads to governor

by Kimberlee Kruesi
| March 24, 2021 12:06 AM

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's Republican-led Statehouse gave final legislative approval Monday to a measure to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls’ sports, a measure many critics warn would likely result in costly legal challenges and be harmful to transgender youth.

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