JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves is set to sign a bill to ban transgender athletes from competing on girls or women’s sports teams. The signing is scheduled for Thursday.
Mississippi will become the first state this year to enact such a ban, after a federal court blocked a similar Idaho law last year.
Mississippi’s proposal is set to become law July 1, although a legal challenge is possible.
More than 20 states are proposing restrictions on athletics or gender-confirming health care for transgender minors this year.
The president of the LGBTQ civil rights group Human Rights Campaign says the Mississippi bill is based on discrimination.