As Wyoming slides further to the right, legislators double down on trans bills

Lawmakers proposed seven bills curbing trans rights in this legislative session. Five passed

When Wyoming legislators in 2022 passed a law banning trans girls from competing in middle and high school girls' sports, the Cowboy State, by its governor's own estimate, had a grand total of four transgender student athletes competing within its boundaries.

Still, in this year's legislative session, which wrapped up on Friday, trans athletes were again a focus of lawmakers. They introduced bills to extend the ban on trans women in athletics to intercollegiate sports and ban universities from competing against teams with trans women.