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We need to protect trans kids. Every kid has a right to sports.
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Policies that single out transgender women and athletes with intersex variations do not protect women’s sports.
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What it is is fearmongering.
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Today, tomorrow and every day, I am on the side of equality for all, including our trans siblings.
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Rapinoe said she would not accept anti-trans rhetoric as a reason to give up civil-rights protections.
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Categorical bans of transgender athletes are impermissible under Title IX.
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The inclusion of trans kids in sports is the inclusion of kids in sports. Everyone should have the ability to play sport.
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The inclusion of trans kids in sports is the inclusion of kids in sports. Everyone should have the ability to play sport.
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Transgender women and girls are not a threat to women’s sports.
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Excluding kids from that joy will have a seriously detrimental impact. It will cost us lives.
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I think that all youth should have access to sports.
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We shouldn’t discriminate kids and ban them from playing just because they’re transgender.
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Krieger said transgender students seek the same team experience and sense of belonging that other young athletes do.
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I consider transgender women my teammates, not a threat.
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There is no place in any sport for discrimination of any kind.
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This decision from World Rugby immediately calls into question their guiding principles of diversity and inclusion.
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Reddick strongly criticized World Rugby’s exclusion policy as a violation of human rights.
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Layt argued that size and strength are only part of what makes a successful rugby player and opposed excluding transgender women.
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The “safety” of women and girls remains one of the most inaccurate and unjustifiable arguments for why anti-trans efforts are advocated for in this country.