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A small flag celebrating LGBTQ rights decorates a desk on the Democratic side of the Kansas House of Representatives during a debate, Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. Republican legislators in Kansas voted Wednesday, April 5, 2023, to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill to ban transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports from kindergarten through college. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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FILE - University of Pennsylvania athlete Lia Thomas prepares for the 500 meter freestyle at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, March 17, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Republican legislators in Kansas were poised Wednesday, April 5, 2023, to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill that would ban transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports from kindergarten through college, a day after they pushed a broad bathroom bill to passage. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

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Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson, right, R-Andover, confers with Senate Majority Leader Larry Alley, left, R-Winfield, ahead of a Senate vote on overriding Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's veto of a bill banning transgender athletes from girl's and women's sports, Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. The measure is among several hundred that Republican lawmakers across the U.S. are pursuing. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Kansas state Rep. Marvin Robinson, left, D-Kansas City, confers with Will Lawrence, right, Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's chief of staff, outside a meeting of Democrats ahead of a successful vote in the House to override Kelly's veto of a bill banning transgender athletes from girl's and women's sports, Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. Robinson was the only House Democrat to vote to override Kelly's veto, and that made the difference. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Kansas state Rep. Barb Wasinger, R-Hays, speaks to fellow House Republicans during a meeting ahead of a successful House vote to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill banning transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports, Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. Wasinger has been pushing for a ban for three years, calling it a matter of protecting fairness in competition. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Cat Poland, of Buhler, Kansas, poses with her 13-year-old trans son, Alex, after a day of lobbying by LGBTQ youth and their advocates at the Statehouse, Tuesday, March 28, 2023, in Topeka, Kan. Alex runs cross country and hopes to play baseball next year, and he and his mother are frustrated with multiple bills seeking to roll back LGBTQ rights in the Kansas Legislature, including one to ban transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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众议员马文•罗宾逊D-Kansas城市,解释了为什么he switched his vote on a transgender athletes bill override following a vote in the House, Wednesday, April 5, 2023, in Topeka, Kan. (Evert Nelson/The Capital-Journal via AP)/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

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众议员苏珊•鲁伊兹D-Shawnee、连接众议员希瑟我yer, D-Overland Park, in calling out GOP legislative members following a vote, Wednesday, April 5, 2023 to override Gov. Laura Kelly's veto on a bill banning transgender athletes in the state, in Topeka, Kan. (Evert Nelson/The Capital-Journal via AP)

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Rep. Heather Meyer, D-Overland Park, shows her 'protect trans youth' t-shirt to legislative members following a vote, Wednesday, April 5, 2023, to override Gov. Laura Kelly's veto on a bill banning transgender athletes in the state, in Topeka, Kan. (Evert Nelson/The Capital-Journal via AP)

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Rep. Heather Meyer, D-Overland Park, shows her 'protect trans youth' t-shirt to legislative members following a vote, Wednesday, April 5, 2023, to override Gov. Laura Kelly's veto on a bill banning transgender athletes in the state, in Topeka, Kan. (Evert Nelson/The Capital-Journal via AP)