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Arkansas governor signs transgender sports ban into law

by Andrew DeMILLO
| March 28, 2021 12:18 AM

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday signed a law banning transgender women and girls from competing in school sports teams consistent with their gender identity, making the state the second to approve such a restriction so far this year.

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