Mississippi could lose out on college championships and millions in revenue after Gov. Tate Reeves signed a law effectively banning transgender athletes from high school and college sports.
Transgender teen and adult athletes in Mississippi could be forced out of sports teams that align with their gender or give up sports altogether after the Mississippi House approved Senate Bill 2536, sending it to Gov. Tate Reeves’ desk.
Mississippi House Rep. Karl Oliver, who drew national headlines in 2017 for saying New Orleans lawmakers “should be lynched” for removing that city’s Confederate monuments, today announced that he supports changing Mississippi’s State Flag.
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