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Dear Editor:

Every female should read this act as passed in both the Wisconsin Assembly and the same Act passed 21-11 in the Senate. Now Governor Evers is going to veto the bill and says, “damn proud to do it.” How can he be proud, doesn’t he have a wife, mother, female children, grandchildren etc. Is this what he really wants for their future? Disgusting if that is the case. See the text of the bill below or search for the complete narrative online at 2023 Assembly Bill 377.

Call 608-266-1212 and tell Gov. Evers DO NOT VETO THIS BILL.

OR Email him at [email protected].

It is time for women AND men to stand up for the truth, men/boys and women/girls are born with that biological designation/sex. There is no mixture in the DNA when these babies are born and are now competing in sports or any other activity that is a designated sex only. Sports all the way from grade school to college are becoming increasingly dangerous for schools that allow transgender MALES who think they are female play on female teams.

I stand with Riley Gaines who has had the stamina to do what is right and stand for TRUTH not craziness as it is being perpetrated by the media and other people in this country. The hidden agenda is nobody wants to believe it.

Take time to read this Assembly and Senate Bill 377. THEN call or email Governor Evers. 

An Act to amend 118.13 (1); and to create 118.132 of the statutes; relating to:
designating athletic sports and teams operated or sponsored by public schools
or private schools participating in a parental choice program based on the sex of the participants.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill requires each school board, independent charter school, and private school participating in a parental choice program (educational institution) that operates or sponsors an interscholastic, intramural, or club athletic team or sport to designate the athletic team or sport as falling into one of three categories based on the sex of the participating pupils.

The three designations are 1) males, 2) females, and 3) males and females. The bill defines “sex” as the sex determined at birth by a physician and reflected on the birth certificate. The bill also requires an educational institution to prohibit a male pupil from participating on an athletic team or in an athletic sport designated for females.

Finally, the bill requires the educational institution to notify pupils and parents if an educational institution intends to change a designation for an athletic team or sport.

Joanne Leonard, Wausau