Louisiana becomes 18th state to enact a trans athlete ban

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards speaks in Baton Rouge on Feb. 1, 2022. (Photo: Matthew Hinton / AP file)

Louisiana became the 18th state to bar transgender women and girls from playing on female school sports teams Monday after the state’s Democratic governor chose not to veto or approve the bill.

Both chambers of the Republican-controlled Legislature passed the…