NEWS 28 - The New Shire State Legislature says it is gearing up to fight the Laylin administration's plans to permanently prevent transgender women from competing against biological women in sports designed for women.
"The fact that my Nationalist colleagues want to allow an unfair balance of power, strength and opportunity, to not "hurt feelings," is quite frankly ridiculous," said State Representative Mavis Brown. "We must protect the sanctity and dignity of our women. For a biological male to compete with women is a disgrace and is unfair to say the least. We will fight every measure that the Nationalists propose to block President Jay Laylin's plans to block males from competing with women."
Governor Lynn Rodgers is scheduled to sign several bills into law that will biological males to compete with women, in any major sport in New Shire, but a federal ban, could weaken those laws. However, it is very likely that New Shire would fight and potentially sue the Laylin administration to get the ban reversed by the Supreme Court. But many civil rights groups are saying they'd join the lawsuit against Laylin's bans on transgender athletes being prevented from participating in women-related sports.
"I think it is wrong for a government to tell the people what they can and can not do with their bodies," said Erin Shulligan, a transgender civil rights activists. "There needs to be a strong roadblock to prevent government overreach, and that needs to start with the federal government."
New Shire's House and Senate are thinly controlled by a Nationalist Majority, but in 2026, that could change. Republicans, if they win control of one or both chambers of the legislature, could allow New Shire to pass anti-transgender legislation, and that would mark a major shift if that does happen. But for now, liberal Nationalists will continue to support the transgender agenda, and it has angered most Republicans who see transgenderism as a mental illness not a self identity.
"We will continue to fight for women here in New Shire and across the country by supporting President Jay Laylin's policies aimed at protecting women and children from transgenderism," finished Rep. Brown.
"We won't stop fighting for the rights of transgender New Shirens, and we won't stop working to protect your rights as individuals," said Governor Lynn Rodgers. "We have a long way to go, but we are slowly making great progress. We won't let the Laylin administration take your rights away, and we will fight any policy, proposal that is enacted that works to reverse or degrade your rights. I won't let that happen."