Georgia Governor Signs Law Protecting Girls Sports and Privacy in Schools
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a bill into state law Monday protecting girls sports and private spaces.
The Riley Gaines Act of 2025 (S.B. 1) clarifies the legal definition of sex to mean “a student’s biological sex based exclusively on the student’s reproductive biology at birth.”
Using this definition of “sex,” the act prohibits boys from joining girls interscholastic sports teams or using girls bathrooms, locker rooms and overnight sleeping quarters.
“As the parents of three daughters, Marty and I know just how important it is to keep our children safe and to give them the best possible start in life,” Governor Kemp wrote in a press release Monday.
He continued,
The Senate first passed S.B. 1 in February with a comfortable, but far from unanimous, 35-17 vote. The House approved the bill in a 110-64 vote on March 31 — this year’s designated “Transgender Day of Remembrance.”
Riley Gaines, a passionate advocate for women’s rights and the bills namesake, released a statement lauding Georgia lawmakers for protecting women and girls.
Gaines’ statement references her infamous experience swimming against — and sharing a locker room with — Lia, formerly Will, Thomas. The 6-foot-1 man spent three years competing on the University of Pennsylvania’s men’s swim team before joining the women’s team as a “trans” identified woman.
When Gaines miraculously tied with Thomas in a critical race, officials gave him the trophy for “photo purposes.”
Georgia’s ratification of the Riley Gaines Act makes it one of more than 25 states to protect girls rights in schools and interscholastic activities.
Last week, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed legislation protecting women of all ages by clarifying the meaning of “sex” in Arkansas law and preventing men from entering women’s restrooms, changing rooms and sleeping quarters in shelters, correctional facilities or public buildings.
These recent victories reflect a growing global consensus that men pretending to be women do not qualify for women’s legal protections. Unfortunately, state congressional votes on Georgia’s bill suggest protecting women’s rights and spaces is not yet a broad, bipartisan issue.
The Daily Citizen applauds Governor Kemp and Georgia legislators for protecting girls in schools. Please pray that bipartisan support for laws like this will continue to grow.
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