"Nebraska Lawmakers Consider Restrictions on Transgender Student Participation in Sports and Bathrooms"

Nebraska lawmakers rejected a bill that aimed to ban transgender student-athletes from participating in school sports aligned with their gender identity, falling two votes short of the majority needed to end a filibuster. The bill, known as the Sports and Spaces Act, also sought to restrict transgender students' restroom and locker room use and redefine sex in a way that LGBTQ advocates warned would exclude transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals. Critics raised concerns about the bill's potential impact on both cisgender and transgender students, and opponents decried it as discriminatory. Despite the setback, the bill's primary sponsor plans to reintroduce it in 2025.