The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, but most Democrats passionately opposed it.

Reps. Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar, both of Texas, were the only Democrats to side with Republicans on Tuesday to pass legislation meant to bar transgender athletes from competing in girls and women’s sports.

The House voted on Tuesday to pass a GOP-led bill that would ban transgender athletes from women’s and girls’ sports at federally funded schools and educational institutions.

The House of Representatives has passed legislation that would restrict girls' school sports to only those children who were born female at birth, excluding transgender kids.

Nearly all House Democratic lawmakers voted against a bill Tuesday that would prevent men from competing in women’s sports. The

House Republicans on Tuesday passed a bill to bar transgender student-athletes from competing in girls’ sports, putting the contentious issue front and center following an election cycle that saw it become a frequent target of Republicans.

House Democrats are railing against a bill that seeks to bar transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports, an issue Republicans heavily campaigned on in the 2024 election. Republicans made the subject a central focus in a barrage of attack ads in the lead-up to the November election,