SEATTLE, WA - JANUARY 31: Adidas basketballs sit during a PAC12 womens basketball game between the Stanford Cardinal and the Washington Huskies on January 31, 2021 at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, WA. (Photo by Jeff Halstead/Icon Sportswire via JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Transgender athletes would be banned from competing in girls' or women's sports in Mississippi schools and universities, under a bill that comes at a time of renewed focus on transgender rights.Mississippi is one of a dozen states with lawmakers proposing restrictions on athletics or gender-confirming health care for transgender minors this year.
Democratic President Joe Biden signed an executive order Jan. 20 — the day he took office — that bans discrimination based on.