Trans Youth Athletes Are Under Attack. It’s Time to Push Back

Hirsha Venkataraman 

It’s 2023, and here in the United States, we–or at least some of us–still can’t decide whether or not we want to be on the right side of history. The Supreme Court has gutted abortion rights that existed for decades and allowed a business owner to discriminate against a homosexual couple due to “free exercise of religion.” Will the Court soon be allowing far-right religious zealots to dictate how we treat some of our most vulnerable and marginalized? I am talking about the proliferation of anti-trans legislation sweeping our nation, particularly against transgender athletes and, even more specifically, youth transgender female athletes.

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