General Discussion

there are about a MILLION REASONS why any random kid will not be able to play on a sports team they might like to play on. Most of those reasons are not remotely on anyone's political agenda. (probably a good number of those reasons fall under "parents don't care enough"; but not all.)

Kids who come out as trans should never be bullied or disenfranchised in any way. But certain kids not being able to play on varsity teams should not be a litmus test political issue, IMO. I'm sure a lot of trans people, if they HAD to choose one of these, would pick: a) being left alone to be who they are, over b) playing on the women's sports team even though they were assigned male gender at birth. (as a side note, is anyone hearing a whole lotta bitchin' from the wrong wing about assigned-female trans kids wanting to play on the boys' teams?)