Governor Bill Lee of Tennessee deserves to be applauded for signing a bill protecting women and girls by upholding sex-exclusive sports. Naturally, the usual suspects will accuse him of attacking “transgender kids.” But this isn’t about transgenderism. This is about sex. And fairness.
As the new bill so clearly states: “A student’s gender for purposes of participation in a public middle school or high school interscholastic athletic activity or event be determined by the student’s sex at the time of the student’s birth, as indicated on the student’s original birth certificate.”