Assignment:
Reaction Paper
Early in 2021, Mississippi, Idaho, and Arkansas became the first states to ban transgender athletes from participating in sports (particularly transgender women from participating in women's sports). On October 25th, 2021, Texas Governor signed H.B. 25 into law which will require K-12 student athletes who compete in interscholastic competition to play on sports teams that correspond with the sex listed on their birth certificate, as opposed to the one they identify with.The new law went into effect on January 18th, 2022 in Texas.
Do some research and answer the following questions:
Part I: What are the arguments to support allowing transgender individuals in sports?Explain.
Part II. What are the arguments to oppose allowing transgender individuals in sports? Explain.
Part III. What is your opinion about this law? Do you support it or oppose it?Explain.
Part IV. Do you think this law should be adopted as a federal law or should it be up to each state? Explain.
Requirements
• Your paper must be at least 1 ½ pages long (maximum 2 ½ pages). Do not waste space.
• Times New Roman, size 12, 1-inch margins all around, double-spaced.
• You must use at least 2 reliable sources to support your answers and they must be identified properly in the body of your paper and in the
Reference page.
• You must use in-text quotations, but do not overdo it. You must use your own words in at least 85% of your paper.
• Plagiarism will not be tolerated.
• Include a References page (APA style) Not to be counted as a page.
• Write your name in the first line. Do not write my name, the class number, and the date. They are not necessary in this assignment.
• Your paper must be submitted in D2L using Microsoft Word or pdf. Do not use .pages or zip files or any other format.
• Use complete college-level sentences.
• Pay attention to the length of each of your paragraphs and the indentation of each paragraph.
• Use good spelling, grammar, punctuation, and pay attention to your word choice.
• Do not use contractions.
• Make sure what you are saying flows and makes sense. Avoid repetition.