North Carolina passes multiple anti-transgender bills in legislative session.

The North Carolina state House has passed a bill that would ban transgender girls and women from competing on middle school, high school and college sports teams that align with their gender identity. The bill now heads to the desk of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, whose office slammed Republicans for “spending their time on political culture wars” rather than “working to invest in our schools and pay our teachers more.” Supporters of the bill claim that transgender women have a physical advantage over cisgender women and argue that the bill ensures fairness. However, opponents say the ban is discriminatory.