This is such a waste of time. The Republicans are only bouncing around their own echo chamber with this.

Granted if someone did lose state title to such an athlete that would be tough for them but losing to a non-trans would hurt just as much. This isn’t costing anyone scholarships either. If you are good enough, schools will recruit to be on their team.

Oh and this blondie hottie all over the place on RW media - forgot her name - was SO traumatized losing to a trans athlete didn’t lose to that person, they tied for fifth.

Calling this child an athlete is probably a stretch.

Those who have experienced middle school track (or any other sport, for that matter) know that 1 in 50 ends up being an athlete.

4x 200 second leg. The poor girl who started would hand her the baton and she’d already be a good 50 yards behind

sincere concerns re: hormonally-induced weight/size/structural advantage (as some argue in much older teens or young adults) should know this is NOT AN ISSUE.

Good on that Federal court and that young wannabe athlete.

Which means the state doesn't have authority to change their rules?

Instead of dividing sports competitions by gender, why don't we let each sport pick a handful of NON- gender-based criteria for distinguishing between divisions. E.g., in boxing, divisions are distinguished based on weight; in some sports, height could be a key factor; in other sports, levels of blood oxygenation might or might not play a role – I don't know enough about either sports or physiology to say.

But it seems to me that for most sports, you could identify a handful of easily-measurable criteria that would have more to do with ensuring meaningful competition than what bits of meat the participants happened to have between their legs.