South Dakota’s Republican Governor Kristi Noem has refused to sign House Bill 1217, a bill that would ban transgender athletes from playing sports in schools and colleges. But while her decision might sound surprising—especially since she said she was “excited” to sign the bill just last week—she only opposed the legislation because she thought it shouldn’t ban trans women from college sports. She worried such a ban would cause big-money collegiate sporting organizations, like the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), to avoid holding games and tournaments in the state. In other words, the support was not LGBTQ support but rather money, or lack of it, for South Dakota. But instead of vetoing the bill, she has pledged to use a “style and form changes” maneuver that would allow her to return the bill to the legislature with notes of her desired changes. If the legislature complies, she’ll sign the revised law. One of the bill’s sponsors, Republican. state Rep. Rhonda Milstead, expressed disagreement with Noem’s plan. Milstead said “Legislators are the ones who make the laws and the governor signs them. She’s gutting the bill and writing a new law, and that’s not her job.” It seems that for LGBTQ rights in South Dakota, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. At least temporarily.
South Dakota’s Republican governor refuses to sign bill banning trans athletes from sports
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