{"id":93134,"date":"2021-06-11T09:47:20","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T16:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.yesmagazine.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//?post_type=article&#038;p=93134"},"modified":"2021-06-11T10:17:23","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T17:17:23","slug":"trans-athletes-laws","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.yesmagazine.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//opinion/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//06/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//11/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//trans-athletes-laws","title":{"rendered":"Calling Foul on Laws Targeting Trans Athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<p>Across the nation and around the world, a sweeping movement to ban transgender athletes and prohibit trans-affirming health care has gained ground and planted a seed in the popular consciousness, allegedly in the name of /wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201cfairness,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201d /wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201csafety,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201d and /wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201cprotecting girls and women./wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201d If allowed to grow, this seed would ultimately undo the advances trans people have made in this century.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<p>It is a lie. Every word of every anti-trans law enacted across <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.lgbtmap.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//equality-maps/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//sports_participation_bans/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">nine states</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a> is based in fiction, if not outright malice.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<p>But that fiction sure does sound convincing, <em>almost</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//em> good enough to be true/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2014just like the lies of every propagandist, from antiquity through what some now call /wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201cthe Trump Era./wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201d</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<p>Here are the facts: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.vice.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//en/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//article/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//epnzjk/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//no-one-had-a-problem-with-puberty-blockers-when-only-cis-kids-took-them/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">Puberty blockers are safe</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a>, reversible, and have a <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//blocking-puberty-in-transgender-youth/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">30-year track record</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a> of being effective. No trans person is demanding <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//fcpp.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//2019/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//05/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//15/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//transgender-privilege-why-must-we-all-be-forced-to-bow-to-it/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201cspecial/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201d rights.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a> No trans athlete seeks to <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.tennessean.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//story/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//news/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//politics/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//02/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//10/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//tennessee-governor-transgender-athletes-destroy-women-sports/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//6702325002/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201cdestroy women/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019s sports./wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201d</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a> No trans student-athlete has <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//apnews.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//article/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//mississippi-basketball-womens-sports-discrimination-college-basketball-4033d514c32cfab7806d1b7d45117896/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201ctaken away scholarships/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201d</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a> from anyone else. It/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019s never happened.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<p>And here/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019s another thing: Trans athletes are not new. They have been competing at almost all levels for decades. However, if any qualify to compete in this summer/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019s Olympic Games, that <em>will</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//em> be a historic moment, because no out trans athlete has reached that level of their sport. <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.espn.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//olympics/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//story/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//_/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//id/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//31399857/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//nzl-weightlifter-set-become-first-transgender-olympic-athlete/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">New Zealand weightlifter </wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a><a rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.espn.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//olympics/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//story/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//_/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//id/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//31399857/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//nzl-weightlifter-set-become-first-transgender-olympic-athlete/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"></wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a><a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.espn.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//olympics/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//story/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//_/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//id/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//31399857/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//nzl-weightlifter-set-become-first-transgender-olympic-athlete/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" 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https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//i0.wp.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.yesmagazine.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//06/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//LaurelHubbardTransAthlete.jpg?resize=600%2C419&amp;quality=90&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//i0.wp.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.yesmagazine.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//06/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//LaurelHubbardTransAthlete.jpg?w=1500&amp;quality=90&amp;ssl=1 1500w/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" /wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//></wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//noscript><figcaption>Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard of New Zealand competes at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in 2018 in Australia. Photo by Dan Mullan/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//Getty Images.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//figcaption></wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//figure>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<p>While Hubbard/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019s story would typically be a milestone to celebrate, it/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019s instead become a lightning rod for transphobia, hatred, and derision around the world, even amid the plentiful rainbows of Pride Month, and the pink, white, and blue flags representing the <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//pmc/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//articles/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//PMC5227946/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">truly tiny</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a> <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//publications/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//trans-adults-united-states/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">transgender community</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a>. This is a particularly dark time to be trans.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"wp-block-embed-twitter aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"wp-block-embed__wrapper/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"lazy-embed lazy-embed--ssr embed-twitter-com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/tstyle=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/tdata-url=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//twitter.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//TheChrisMosier/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//status/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//1399781676507664393?s=20/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t<blockquote class=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"twitter-tweet/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" data-width=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"550/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" data-dnt=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"true/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"><p lang=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"en/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" dir=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"ltr/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">On the first morning of Pride Month, Florida Gov <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//twitter.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//RonDeSantisFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">@RonDeSantisFL</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a> signed a bill banning trans kids from sports into law.<br><br>In 2021, 8 states created laws discriminating against trans youth in sports. With Idaho (2020), that makes 9 states with laws prohibiting trans kids from sport. <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//t.co/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//clsSr0yTzw/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">pic.twitter.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//clsSr0yTzw</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a></wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//p>&mdash; The Chris Mosier (@TheChrisMosier) <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//twitter.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//TheChrisMosier/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//status/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//1399781676507664393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">June 1, 2021</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a></wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//blockquote>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//div></wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//figure>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<p>Every legislative session, a predictable cohort of conservative lawmakers introduce bills targeting the rights of trans people. But this year, the volume and success of those bills is unparalleled.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"wp-block-embed__wrapper/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"lazy-embed lazy-embed--ssr embed-twitter-com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/tstyle=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/tdata-url=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//twitter.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//chasestrangio/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//status/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//1399733058274791435?s=12/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t<blockquote class=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"twitter-tweet/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" data-width=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"550/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" data-dnt=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"true/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"><p lang=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"en/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" dir=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"ltr/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">ÎÞÂëÊÓƵ anti-trans bills became law in 2021 than in the previous 10 years combined.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//p>&mdash; Chase Strangio (@chasestrangio) <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//twitter.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//chasestrangio/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//status/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//1399733058274791435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">June 1, 2021</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a></wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//blockquote>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/t</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//div></wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//figure>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<p>Since January, Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Montana, South Dakota, Tennessee, and West Virginia have followed the lead of Idaho. A 2020 state law there, banning trans girls from competing with <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.advocate.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//transgender/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//2015/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//07/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//31/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//true-meaning-word-cisgender/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">cisgender</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a> girls/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2014those whose gender identity corresponds to their sex assigned at birth/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2014is on hold, while <a rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.edweek.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//policy-politics/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//appeals-court-weighs-idaho-law-barring-transgender-female-students-from-girls-sports/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//05/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">a federal appeals court deliberates</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a> as to whether it/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019s constitutional. <a rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.houstonchronicle.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//politics/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//texas/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//article/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//2021-Texas-legislative-session-The-bills-that-16215065.php/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">Texas narrowly missed</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a> becoming the tenth state of hate.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<p>Proponents of these anti-trans bills often point to Connecticut, where two Black transgender teens competed on their high schools/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019 girls track teams beginning in 2017. Terry Miller and Andraya Yearwood, then both teenagers, attracted the attention of local parents, news media, and anti-transgender forces such as the <a rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//adfmedia.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//case/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//soule-v-connecticut-association-schools/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">Alliance Defending Freedom</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a>, a self-proclaimed Christian <a rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.splcenter.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//fighting-hate/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//extremist-files/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//group/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//alliance-defending-freedom/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">legal group with deep pockets</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a> and a history of arguing against LGBT rights at the Supreme Court.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<p>As the two trans teens racked up wins in track and field, parents of cis student-athletes booed them just for showing up, Miller and Yearwood told me. In February 2020, <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//adfmedia.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//case/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//soule-v-connecticut-association-schools/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">the ADF filed a lawsuit</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a> on behalf of four cis girls/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2014three of them White and one mixed-race/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2014calling Miller and Yearwood /wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201cboys/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201d and /wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201cmales/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201d throughout their brief, while claiming the state/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019s athletic league was trying to /wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201cabolish girls-only sports./wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201d <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.courant.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//sports/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//high-schools/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//hc-sp-hs-transgender-case-dismissed-20210425-twgpmkmsrvhnhl64u2tr32tg3y-story.html/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">A federal judge tossed ADF/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019s lawsuit</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a> in April; the cis girls <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//adfmedia.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//press-release/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//athletes-appeal-ruling-allows-ct-athletic-association-abolish-girls-only-sports/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">filed an appeal in May</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a>.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<p>I/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019ve spoken with the mother of one plaintiff, who said she had no problem with the trans girls living their truth, up to a point. /wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201cAthletics should be different,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201d said <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//ctvoice.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//2019/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//09/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//10/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a-question-of-fairness/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">Bianca Stanescu.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a> I told her that I/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019m a Connecticut mom, too, and explained that I/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019ve raised my three children to understand that sports, like life, doesn/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019t always seem fair.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<p>But to Stanescu, <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.casciac.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//pdfs/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//Principal_Transgender_Discussion_Quick_Reference_Guide.pdf/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">Connecticut/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019s policy</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a> allowing every trans athlete to compete according to their gender identity, without the need for medical intervention such as puberty blockers or hormones to lower testosterone levels, is especially unfair. /wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201cGirls have the right of participation, but not the right to succeed,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201d Stanescu claimed about Connecticut/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019s current policy<em>. </wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//em>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201cAnd that should not be the case. Girls should have the chance to succeed, not just boys./wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201d</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<p>However, Yearwood and Miller are not boys, and they don/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019t always win. /wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201cWe lose sometimes, too,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201d Miller told me when I interviewed she and Yearwood in 2019.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201cYeah, exactly!/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201d exclaimed Yearwood. /wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201cWe don/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019t come first in every race, but some people make it seem like we do./wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201d</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<p>In fact, one plaintiff <a rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.outsports.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//2020/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//2/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//25/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//21151031/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//transgender-chelsea-mitchell-terry-miller-adf-lawsuit-connecticut-track-and-field/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">defeated Miller twice within eight days of filing that lawsuit</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a>. <a rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.outsports.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//4/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//25/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//22402933/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//trans-athlete-lawsuit-andraya-yearwood-terry-miller-connecticut-adf-federal-judge/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">Chelsea Mitchell</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a> went on to win a full-ride track scholarship, despite claiming trans athletes were /wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201cunbeatable/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201d and denying her opportunities.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<p>As for Stenescu/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019s daughter, Selina Soule, she isn/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019t pursuing sports after graduating from high school. Neither are Yearwood or Miller; they just want to be who they are, something they discussed with other trans athletes in the new Hulu documentary, <a rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//youtu.be/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//SogJSMhPqI0/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"><em>Changing the Game.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//em></wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a></wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<p>CeC/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u00e9 Telfer is another targeted Black trans athlete I/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019ve come to know through my work as a journalist. <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.nytimes.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//06/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//01/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//sports/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//olympics/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//cece-telfer-olympic-trials.html/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">She/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019s an Olympic hopeful</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a>, and was the first out trans All-American in track and field, <a rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//twitter.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//FPUathletics/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//status/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//1132442025754791937?s=20/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">winning the NCAA women/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019s Division II 400 meter race in 2019</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a>. 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https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//i0.wp.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.yesmagazine.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//06/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//CeCeTelferTransAthlete.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;quality=90&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//i0.wp.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.yesmagazine.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//06/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//CeCeTelferTransAthlete.jpg?w=1500&amp;quality=90&amp;ssl=1 1500w/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" /wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//></wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//noscript><figcaption>CeC/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u00e9 Telfer, the first openly transgender woman to win an NCAA title, on the track at Monadnock Regional Middle High School in Swanzey, New Hampshire, May 29, 2021. Telfer is among a handful of transgender women seeking to reach the Tokyo Games, which begin in late July. She is aiming to qualify for the U.S. Olympic trials in the 400-meter hurdles. Photo by Elizabeth Frantz/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//The New York Times/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//Redux.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//figcaption></wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//figure>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201cThere are people who say I have the benefit of testosterone,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201d <a rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.outsports.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//2019/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//6/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//3/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//18649927/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//ncaa-track-champion-cece-telfer-transgender-athlete-fpu-trans-testosterone/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">Telfer told me in 2019,</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a> describing what she called her disadvantages: The hurdles she must jump are far closer than they are for male runners, and she counts her height of over 6 feet as a disadvantage, too: /wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201cHow tall I am, is a disadvantage, because the wind is hitting us so hard and the taller you are, the harder you fall, basically,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201d she said.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<p>And then there/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019s being on hormone replacement therapy, which generally <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.bbc.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//news/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//stories-57338207/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">reduces trans women/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019s testosterone levels</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a> <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.bbc.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//news/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//stories-57338207/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">below that of cis women</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a>. The International Olympic Committee has <a rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.espn.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//olympics/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//story/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//_/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//id/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//28835943/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//ioc-publish-transgender-guidelines-tokyo-games/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">requirements for testosterone levels</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a> in women athletes. Paralympian trans runner Valentina Petrillo of Italy recently shared with the <a rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.bbc.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//news/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//stories-57338207/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">BBC that her testosterone levels</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a> are not only below the IOC/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019s threshold for trans women, but also well below the threshold for cis women.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<p>With all these hurdles in front of them, and cultural and scientific gatekeepers eager to deny them opportunities, trans athletes often have to muster incredible courage just to take the field. So what keeps them fighting for the right to play?</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201cRunning with a team gave me confidence, made me feel good, and also helped me forget about my sadness and internal struggles,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201d trans runner <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.outsports.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//2020/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//12/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//29/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//22199463/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//outsports-transgender-athlete-advocate-lindsay-hecox-idaho-mitch-harrison-trans-titan-games-ncaaw/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">Lindsay Hecox</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a>, the plaintiff in Idaho/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019s lawsuit, told me.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<p>That/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019s what sports is all about: building up individuals to be their best selves. All trans athletes want is to compete without having to hide who they are.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<p>So how will they win /wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201cthe debate/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201d over inclusion? By knocking down three tentpoles holding up the liars/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019 circus tent.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<p>First: Many inclusion opponents will say it/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019s clear from just looking at Telfer or Hubbard that trans women athletes have an unfair advantage. Apparently, they never saw 6/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u20195/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201d <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.espn.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//espn/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//feature/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//story/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//_/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//page/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//espnw-delledonne161122/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//chicago-sky-elena-delle-donne-spent-years-learning-accept-height/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">Elena Delle Donne</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a> play in the WNBA. She is living proof women can be tall. We come in a variety of sizes, actually.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<p>Second: Science is not on the side of banning trans athletes. Dr. Eric Vilain, a pediatrician and geneticist, told <a rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.npr.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//03/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//18/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//978716732/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//wave-of-new-bills-say-trans-athletes-have-an-unfair-edge-what-does-the-science-s/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">NPR</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a> that anti-trans laws have no basis in science. Dr. Jack Turban, a fellow in child and adolescent psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine, researches the mental health of transgender youth, and authored an article in <a rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.scientificamerican.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//article/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//trans-girls-belong-on-girls-sports-teams/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"><em>Scientific American</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//em></wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a> titled<em> </wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//em>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201cTrans Girls Belong on Girls/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019 Sports Teams./wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201d At best, the science is /wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201cpretty shaky/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u201d and inconclusive about any genetic advantage trans athletes have over cis athletes, says trans runner and researcher <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.popsci.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//story/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//science/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//trans-athlete-testosterone-testing/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">Joanna Harper</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a>.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<p>Third: We have learned nothing, apparently, from Prohibition laws enacted starting in 1920. This invented crusade against the so-called dangers of drinking alcohol was eventually rejected in 1933. According to the <a rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//www.cato.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//policy-analysis/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//alcohol-prohibition-was-failure/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/">Cato Institute</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//a>, Prohibition was a colossal failure. It didn/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019t end alcohol consumption, it merely spawned bootlegging, the black market, and speakeasies, until a constitutional amendment finally ended Prohibition 13 years later.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<p>Trans bans may fade away even faster than those boondoggle laws of a century ago. What will our children/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019s children learn about the backward 21<sup>st</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//sup>-century politicians who once tried to outlaw our existence? They will learn how people armed with the truth finally helped our society move past our differences and embrace diversity. Unfortunately, truth is in short supply, for now.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusionary laws banning transgender youth from team sports are not only unsportsmanlike, they/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/u2019re also rooted in falsehoods, says this trans journalist.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":93183,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","categories":[8,262,840],"tags":[228,656,917,1052,1163,1164],"article-type":[246],"master-category":[463],"special-series":[],"type-of-work":[941],"class_list":["post-93134","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-justice","category-gender-justice","category-lgbtq","tag-women","tag-education","tag-sports","tag-trans-rights","tag-transgender","tag-transgender-youth","article-type-opinion","master-category-social-justice","type-of-work-opinion"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134///wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//yoast.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//wordpress/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//plugins/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134//seo/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134// -->/wp-json/wp/v2/article/93134/n<title>Calling Foul on Laws Targeting Trans Athletes - YES! 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