Washington AG hires law firm to defend voter-approved trans sports ban
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown announced that the state will retain the services of law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner to defend Initiative 638, the voter-approved measure that bars transgender girls from participating in K-12 girls’ sports. The initiative, which passed on 5 November with roughly 57 % of the vote, requires students to provide medical documentation of their biological sex to join girls’ teams, according to The Guardian.
After the vote, a coalition of civil-rights groups said it would sue to block the law, and the Seattle Public Schools board voted to authorize legal action, citing privacy and cost concerns, as reported by KOMO. Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson later voiced support for the board’s challenge, Fox News noted.
