MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Assembly have passed legislation that would limit transgender athletes’ participation in high school and college sports. The chamber approved the bills Thursday. The legislation is part of a wave of Republican-backed legislation nationwide to roll back transgender rights. Almost two dozen states have limited athletes to playing only on teams that match the gender they were assigned at birth. The Assembly is set to pass another bill Thursday afternoon that would outlaw gender-affirming surgery for minors. Efforts to limit transgender rights have sparked fierce pushback and triggered discrimination lawsuits along the way.
