# Washington and Colorado ban trans athletes from school sports

> Left-leaning states join conservative ones in approving ballot measures to restrict transgender participation in school sports.
- Title: Washington and Colorado ban trans athletes from school sports
- Summary: Left-leaning states join conservative ones in approving ballot measures to restrict transgender participation in school sports.
- Keywords: washington state, colorado, transgender athletes, school sports, ballot measures, measure 638, proposition 134, arizona, proposition 318, nebraska, measure 442, title ix
- Source: ABC News — https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/left-leaning-washington-colorado-join-conservative-states-banning-137898149
- Author: ABC News
- Read time: 2 min
- Topics: washington state, colorado, transgender athletes, school sports, ballot measures, measure 638, proposition 134, arizona, proposition 318, nebraska, measure 442, title ix
## Washington approves Measure 638
Washington voters approved Measure 638 with more than fifty-six percent of the vote. The measure prevents students assigned male at birth from participating in female sports.
## Washington requires health provider statement
Measure 638 requires athletes wanting to play in female sports to produce a statement from a health care provider verifying their gender.
## Colorado approves Proposition 134
Colorado voters approved Proposition 134 with fifty-two percent support. It requires educational institutions and athletic associations to assign sports as male, female or coed.
## Colorado limits athletes to assigned gender
Proposition 134 limits athletes to playing in sports in the gender they were assigned at birth.
## Democratic states break from party line
The votes came in states where Democratic-led governors' offices and legislatures had declined to enact the kind of bans that have become the norm in Republican-led states.
## Issue gains bipartisan support
Supporters forced the issue onto ballots, and results indicate what conservatives once used as a wedge issue in culture wars has become one of the few to receive bipartisan support.
## Duke professor on political shift
Doriane Lambelet Coleman, a professor at Duke Law School, said politicians in those states had been ignoring their constituencies on the ground.

> This was always coming because politicians in those states have been ignoring their constituencies on the ground.
## Arizona expands transgender restrictions
Arizona voters chose to expand restrictions initially outlined in a two thousand twenty-two law. Proposition 318 prohibits transgender girls from participating in female sports in all schools and athletic associations.
## Arizona adds bathroom restrictions
Proposition 318 limits transgender people to using bathrooms and other private spaces to the gender they were assigned at birth. It also allows athletes to sue schools and associations that violate the law.
## Nebraska codifies ban in constitution
Nebraska, which already had a ban in place on transgender athletes, codified the ban in the state constitution after passing Measure 442. The measure requires schools to designate a sport as male, female or coed.
## New York county ban struck down
A county-level ban in suburban Nassau County outside New York City was struck down by an appeals court Tuesday in a setback to the GOP nominee for governor.
## Trump's executive order on sports
President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports, which gave federal agencies wide latitude to ensure entities that receive federal funding abide by Title IX.
## Missouri voters reject broader ban
In Missouri, voters declined to support Amendment 3, which would have banned gender-transition treatment and surgeries for minors as well as repealed the right to abortion.
## Key takeaway

Voters in Washington and Colorado approved measures banning transgender athletes from school sports, marking a shift in traditionally Democratic states and showing the issue has gained bipartisan support.