House Medicaid Committee Chairman Joey Hood, R-Ackerman, listens as committee members offer comment at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. House lawmakers in Mississippi approved a bill Wednesday, March 13, 2024, that would define sex as binary, following the lead of Republican-controlled legislatures around the country aiming to restrict the legal recognition of transgender identities. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Sex would be defined as binary under a bill passed Wednesday by Mississippi House lawmakers following the lead of Republican-controlled legislatures around the country that are aiming to restrict the legal recognition of transgender identities.