The State of Indiana has banned transgender girls from playing on girls’ sports teams.
Although the legislation was vetoed by Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb in March, Indiana’s legislature overrode the veto in May. On July 1, the bill went into effect.
The new legislation impacts 9-year-old Kirin Clawson from Bloomington, Ind.
Her mother, Beth, spoke to CBS 2.
“She loves being transgender,” Clawson said. “It’s important to her, but it’s not something that she gives much thought to until people start talking about her.”
Kirin loves playing sports, her mother said.
As the 9-year-old girl followed the progress of the legislation, she wrote a letter to a lawmaker: "I want to be able to play sports — please vote no. Thank you."
“She’s listened to every single thing that the senators and representatives have said — positive and negative,” Beth Clawson said. “She’s tougher than we are, I think, [and] being told ‘no’ definitely made it much more important to her to play sports.”
Indiana is one of 18 states that have banned or limited transgender girls from playing on girls teams.
Illinois is not among them.
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