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  • H.R. 1028, titled the "Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act," aims to change the rules for who can participate in sports designated for female athletes. The bill defines "male" and "female" based on biological reproductive systems and states that only...

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    H.R. 1028 is a bill that wants to make sure that only girls play in sports meant for girls by saying people can only join based on their biological bodies. But this could be a problem for people who are transgender, meaning they were born as one gender but feel like they are another, because they might not be allowed to play on the team they feel matches who they are.