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House Democrats plan bills to protect transgender students. Here’s what it might mean to Pa. schools.

As a number of area school districts have banned transgender students from using bathrooms and playing on sports teams aligned with their gender identity, Democrats are pushing for statewide rules.

State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta speaks at a press conference at the William Way Center Tuesday as Democratic lawmakers and advocates call for the passage of a slate of bills protecting LGBTQ+ students in Pennsylvania schools.
State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta speaks at a press conference at the William Way Center Tuesday as Democratic lawmakers and advocates call for the passage of a slate of bills protecting LGBTQ+ students in Pennsylvania schools.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer