women's sports

Riley Gaines, a noted advocate for barring trans athletes from playing women's sports, is scheduled to speak at the University of Wyoming on Tuesday evening. Gaines is a former collegiate swimmer who competed for the University of Kentucky...

The legislation is sponsored by Sen. Wendy Shuler [R-Uinta County]. Shuler has said that the legislation is a matter of fairness to female athletes.

Senate File 51 now moves on to the full Senate, where it potentially faces three readings before a final and decisive vote that could send the measure on to the Wyoming House.

As the hearing ran out of time, Chair Senator Charles Scott [R-Natrona County] said he wasn't sure that when the committee takes up the issue again it will continue to take testimony.

A bill has been filed for the upcoming session of the Wyoming Legislature that would prohibit anyone born as a male from competing in women's sports.