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Dr. Rachel Levine made history last week when she became the first openly transgender person confirmed by the Senate

for a position in the federal government.

On this vote, the yeas are 52, the nays are 48, the nomination is confirmed.

But she was confirmed by a narrow margin after a contentious confirmation hearing that featured

tense questions on transgender rights.

And while things got a little tense here in DC, they're straight up brawling over transgender rights across the country.

And one of the most prominent arenas for this fight is sports?

Last night, South Dakota Governor Christie Knowham signed an executive order to limit participation in women's sports to those assigned female at birth,

which might sound straightforward enough, but the reality is a little more complicated.

And it's worth explaining because these trans bands in sports specifically are happening all over the Dan country.

Caitlin Burns wrote about it for Vox.

So more than half of all state legislatures have proposed bands on trans girls and women playing girls and women's sports.

And these bills affect people from elementary age all the way through college.

More than half the states.

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