The Wisconsin State Assembly passed a series of bills related to the transgender community.
Representative Paul Tittl of Manitowoc explained to Seehafer News that two of those bills required those competing in high school and college athletics to compete with the gender they were assigned at birth.
The third, he said, would make it so gender-affirming care and gender transitions cannot be performed until the individual is 18.
“Currently, you can’t enter the military until you are 18, you can’t drive until you are 16, and you can’t drink until you are 21,” the 25th Assembly District Representative noted.
“We kind of do a lot of things to protect our children like they have to be put in car seats. So, we are saying you can get a transition surgery, but you must be 18 years or older in Wisconsin.”
Tittl noted that there was one young person who he said was on his mind as he voted, a girl named Chloe.
“At 14 years old, she started transitioning. 15 years old, she had a double mastectomy. 16 years old, she regretted it,” Tittl explained. “She is currently 17 years old and would love to have that decision back.”
Tittl called the legislation a “reasonable request”.
