More than a third of trans youth play sports two to three times a week, new sporting bans could change that. 'With more bans coming out, I’m scared to carry on with my sports past where I am now.’
Miles, though, has an idea why this is all kicking off now.
‘I would have stopped sports because I would have been scared to continue and even now, with more bans coming out, I’m scared to carry on with my sports past where I am now.’play sports two to three times a week. Yet about the same amount worry about doing so due to the negative media stories about trans people.
Lia Thomas, an American trans swimmer, has faced criticism from anti-trans activists for taking part in the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship last year ‘In a mixed-sex space, you can sort of get by without talking to anyone about your gender identity if you don’t want to. When they separate by men and women, you either choose to assimilate and allow yourself to be misgendered or have conversations that you don’t want to have when all you want to do is play sports.
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