On Saturday 21 March, the U.S Senate rejected an amendment to a voting bill that would have barred transgender athletes from playing in girls’ and women’s sports, a provision that President Donald Trump had demanded be included in the legislation. The amendment was part of the Save America Act, specifically Title IX, the 1972 law prohibiting discrimination based on sex at education institutions that receive federal funding. For the amendment to pass, it required 60 votes but failed with 49 Republican votes in favor and 41 Democrats against it. Trump had previously demanded that Republicans amend the bill to ban transgender women from participating in women’s sports as well as restrict gender-transition care for children. 📷 Envato #uspolitics #transgender #transrights #sports #donaldtrump