Alaska House committee advances bill to expand state trans girls’ sports ban

JUNEAU — A bill that would expand a state ban on transgender girls competing in girls’ sports advanced from the House Education Committee on Monday. The State Board of Education and the Alaska School Activities Association last year prohibited trans girls from competing in high school girls sports through regulation. House Bill 183 would expand that ban in state law to all public school students in Alaska. Private schools that compete against public school students would also be included in the ban. The bill advanced on Monday from the education...