Category: South Carolina

South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster has signed a bill banning trans athletes from competing in school athletics into law. The legislation applies to transgender youth attending public schools and colleges in South Carolina. Trans students from private schools are also required to abide by the legislation when competing against public schools.  Widely known as the Save Women’s Sports Act, the bill stipulates that student athletes must play on sporting teams that correspond with their assigned gender at birth. The bill initially cleared the state’s House of Representatives in April even…