Opponents say [Washington state] voters were persuaded at least partly because the initiative and its boosters exploited deep-seated prejudices and misunderstandings about transgender people to erode their rights.
Opponents say [Washington state] voters were persuaded at least partly because the initiative and its boosters exploited deep-seated prejudices and misunderstandings about transgender people to erode their rights.
It’s really not that difficult to understand. I’m very liberal but if I was a parent of a teenage girl, I would also be worried about the size and muscle difference in a teenage boy that has just started transitioning. But I also don’t think anyone should be banned from playing sports just because they are transgender. The easiest solution in my mind is just make weight divisions like they do in wrestling for example.
My boy wrestled in high school and I would have been just as concerned with him wrestling some of those “grown ass men” in high school.
Remove gender requirements and make weight classes, maybe weight and size limits, or maybe just an open division if the participants/parents aren’t worried for any sport that someone might get hurt because of the size difference.
There isn’t a perfect solution but I do understand the concern.
This would hold some validity in contact sports, much less so in all the other sports. I wouldn’t be concerned about my kid’s welfare in a swimming competition, for instance.
But that requires nuance.