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Their reasoning is that because this imaginary child is transgender, she could have an unfair advantage.
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These laws arent furthering gender equity in sports, or creating safe spaces for girls.
This makes 2023 thefourth consecutive yearwith a record-breaking number of anti-trans bills making their way through state legislatures.
Organizations dedicated to pushing forward anti-transgender policies have grossly misleading names likeSave Womens Sports.
In truth, these bills do nothing to promote fairness, protection, or safety for girls and women.
Instead they cultivate fear, division, and discrimination.
Female athletes have nothing comparable.
As a result, female athletes must lug their athletic gear around all day.
The question remains: How, exactly, do bans on trans athletes protect girls from abuse?
The answer is, they dont.
The notion that trans girls are a threat or pose danger to cis girls is simply untrue.
This is beyond horrifying and something no parent would want their child subjected to.
Who gets to decide what a real girl looks like?
What about tomboys, like I was as a child?
Will they be subjected to invasive exams simply because they arent feminine enough?
According to one survey, a staggering number70%of student athletes areexperiencing mental health issues.
Instead, lawmakers are focusing their influence and resources on pitting cis and trans girls against each other.
Rather than giving one trans girl a chance to play, school leaders punished everyone.
That is why all women must stand up and demand that exclusion is not done in our name.
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Even before Thomaswon one swimming event, she was receiving tremendous criticism and abuse online.
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What we need now more than ever is compassion and to come together as a global community.
The overwhelming majority of transgender youthlike the vast majority of cis kidswill never compete at elite levels.
