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Indiana lawmakers set to override veto of trans sports ban

Kit Malone, an advocacy strategist with the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, leads a rally at the Statehouse in Indianapolis on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Dozens attended the rally to oppose a bill that would ban transgender students from competing in girls sports, and the ACLU promised to file a lawsuit against the legislation in hopes of blocking it from taking effect on July 1. (Casey Smith/Report for America via AP) Indiana Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray, R-Martinsville, left, speaks with reporters alongside Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston, R-Fishers, at the Statehouse in Indianapolis on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Bray said he would vote Tuesday to override Gov. Eric Holcomb’s veto of a bill banning transgender females from competing in girls school sports, calling it “a matter of simple fairness” despite the threats of court challenges to the law. (AP Photo/Tom Davies) Activists rallied against a bill that would ban transgender students from competing in girls sports by playing sidewalk games outside of the Indiana Statehouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 in Indianapolis. The Legislature is scheduled to override the GOP governor’s veto of the bill Tuesday afternoon. (Casey Smith/Report for America via AP) FILE - People gather to protest against HB1041, a bill to ban transgender women and girls from participating in school sports that match their gender identity, during a rally at the Statehouse in Indianapolis, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. The Republican-dominated Indiana Legislature is poised on Tuesday. May 24, 2022, to override the GOP governor's veto of a bill banning transgender females from competing in girls school sports, a step that would have Indiana join more than a dozen other states adopting similar laws in the past two years. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy File)
Indiana lawmakers set to override veto of trans sports ban