Nebraska and Arizona endorsed restrictions on transgender girls in girls' school sports
Voters in Nebraska and Arizona approved ballot measures Tuesday barring transgender girls from girls’ school sports, Newsmax reported, describing the votes as the first statewide ballot tests of the issue. The 19th said Nebraska alone added language explicitly directed toward transgender students to its state code. Measures in Colorado and Washington were undecided Wednesday morning, though early projections suggested passage.
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Newsmax reported that Tuesday’s votes in Nebraska and Arizona endorsed restrictions on transgender girls in girls’ school sports, marking the issue’s first statewide ballot tests. The 19th also reported that both states passed the measures. Nebraska was the only state to add language explicitly directed toward transgender students to its state code, The 19th reported. The Nebraska measure was introduced in January and qualified for the November general election in August after organizers gathered more than 200,000 signatures statewide. Nebraska law already bars transgender student-athletes from participating in sports in line with their gender identity from kindergarten through college, according to The 19th. Similar measures in Colorado and Washington remained undecided Wednesday morning; The 19th said early projections suggested both would pass.
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Newsmax reports that Nebraska voters approved a measure barring transgender girls from girls’ school sports, and The 19th independently reports that Nebraska passed a ballot measure banning transgender student-athletes from girls’ teams. Both were published on November 4, 2026, consistent with the proposed event’s timing.