Republican Party AND TRANSGENDER People in Women's SPORTS

New York go candidate for Banning transgender Sports a GOP candidate for state senate is launching a campaign to ban biological males who identify as transgender from participating in women's sports other Republican candidates are expected to join this movement Gina Reena a mother of six girls who is running in the 40th District in the lower Hudson Valley says the proposed Equal Rights Amendment appearing on the November ballot will allow trans athletes to compete against females she is now putting up save girls Sports lawn signs throughout the district and not to her new campaign titled save girls and women sports arena is facing off in a rematch against Democratic incumbents and terer harkham in the district that takes in Westchester Rockland and putam counties she garnered 47% of the vote against Harkin 2 years ago in aose Contest New York state has shamefully become the national leader in discriminating against women and girls in sports and that's intolerable Arena said in a statement 66% of New Yorkers recently surveyed said they want girls Sports left alone but radical progressives like my opponent state Senator Pete harkham think they know better than the rest of us harkham voted in the Senate to put the proposed amendment AA proposition one on the ballot The Proposal asks voters either they support or oppose adding language to the Constitution that people cannot be denied rights based on their race color ethnicity national origin age disability Creed religion or sex including sexual orientation gender identity or expression pregnancy pregnancy outcomes reproductive health care and autonomy a yes vote puts these protections against discrimination in the New York state constitution a no vote leaves these protections out of the Constitution the language protecting abortion rights has drawn most of the attention but a Republican strategist said many voters and even candidates for office are unaware that the proposed Constitutional Amendment will enshrine protections for transgender individuals at the expense of females when it comes to competitive Sports more go candidates will pounce on the trans Sports ban as an issue said former Rubin congressman John foso an adviser to State go chairman Ned Cox many Republican candidates will V their opposition to the proposal the amendment also undermines parents rights foso said the proera group New Yorkers for equal rights has insisted the referendum does not explicitly enshrine transgender participation in female sports New Yorkers will see through these blatant lies and we will win in November no matter how many Billboards anti-abortion extremists spy New Yorkers know the truth prop one protects our fundamental rights and freedoms including abortion the group has said the pro ballot group previously insisted the amendment would not strip parents of their rights what do you think about it [Music]