Republican lawmakers in Indiana have overridden the veto of Gov. Eric Holcomb on a bill that bans transgender athletes from competing in girls’ school sports across the state.
The Indiana law would prohibit K-12 students who were born male but who identify as female from participating in a sport or on an athletics team that is designated for women or girls. But it wouldn’t prevent students who identify as female or transgender men from playing on men’s sports teams.
Holcomb, a Republican, had nixed the bill in March despite it passing with majority support in both chambers of the state legislature. In a veto letter (pdf), he said the legislation opened the state to lawsuits and that he found “no evidence” that there was an “existing problem.”…