South Gwinnett News

Georgia's largest LGBTQ rights advocacy group is upset with state lawmakers over the quick passage of a bill that would allow for a ban on transgender girls from competing against non-trans girls in high school sports.

Jeff Graham, executive director of Georgia Equality, doesn't believe lawmakers had enough time to properly comb through the legislation before it was approved during the end of the 2022 legislative session, Fox 5 Atlanta reported.

"Any legislation that impacts the lives of kids should not be rushed," Graham told Fox 5 Atlanta. "The challenge with this is that no one really had an opportunity to review the language, so we don't know how expansive or not what passed late last night truly is."

Under the bill, the Georgia High School Association would have the authority to bar transgender girls from competing in sports against cisgender girls, Fox 5 Atlanta reported.

Considering the authority would be left up to the association and not legislators, lawmakers in support of the legislation saw it as a compromise, Fox 5 Atlanta reported.

Georgia is among at least 10 states that have approved comparable bills, along with several other states in the process of discussing similar legislation, Fox 5 Atlanta reported.