Iowa Republicans passed a bill that was signed into legislation by Gov. Kim Reynolds on Thursday, March. House File 2416 prohibits transgender girls from competing in girls’ sports. The law is effective immediately.
“This bill discriminates against and singles out transgender students,” said Rep. Jennifer Glover Konfrst, Iowa House District 43 and a School of Journalism and Mass Communication professor at Drake University.
According to the CDC, just 2 percent of high school students identify as transgender. Even fewer transgender students play sports, so the bill targets a very small population.