New York City Council LGBTQIA+ Caucus Chairs Tiffany Cabán and Erik Bottcher Responds to the “Child Predator Empowerment Act” Passing The House

January 15, 2025

New York City

Today, the United States House of Representatives passed a bill which would prevent transgender girls from playing sports in school athletic programs for girls. 
In response, Council Member Tiffany Cabán and Council Member Erik Bottcher, Co-Chairs of the New York City Council LGBTQIA+ Caucus, released the following statement:  

“There are currently 510,000 athletes competing at the N.C.A.A. level, and just 10 are transgender. Republicans are wasting taxpayer dollars and government time passing a bill to be cruel to a tiny number of transgender girls who just want to play sports with their friends. In doing so, they’re continuing to be creepily obsessed with children’s genitalia and putting all girls at risk of genitalia inspections and invasive questioning in order to enforce this obscene rule. We hope this bill is swiftly defeated in the Senate so that our government can focus on things that affect millions of Americans: grocery prices, healthcare, housing and good jobs.” 

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