According to the initiative, students would have several options to confirm their sex: a visual genital exam, a lab test to determine their genetic makeup, or an analysis of testosterone levels in the blood. The genital exam, which a medical professional can conduct without touching the child, would likely be the most accessible option for most kids.
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Conservative hedge fund manager Brian Heywood and his political action committee Let’s Go Washington are backing the measure.
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Heywood said he didn’t believe his initiative would add anything new to existing medical requirements for student athletes, a position he also stated to KUOW in September 2025, shortly after launching the measure.
There is a movement in WA state to get rid of ballot initiatives altogether. This is only going to speed that up.
Thx MAGA for ruining what little of a democracy we had left. And thx establishment Democrats for turning into Republicans.
FYI socialism and progressive issues are literally dead on arrival in WA except occasionally in Seattle where they only pass if corporate overlords don’t donate hard enough.
Washington has a stacked liberal majority that should be able to fend dogshit initiatives off easily.
That they’re contemplating tossing the baby out with the bathwater is more an indictment of the failure of “business friendly” liberal leadership than the success of MAGA in a bright blue state.