Editorials & Other Articles

Many thanks to mahatmakanejeeves for posting this powerful article. As it happens, I have been discussing trans people in sports -- usually trans women -- in a thread on another site for the past several days. The conversations are almost always about biological minutiae about which there is not much research, exemplified by a miniscule percentage of trans people at competition levels. So much angst and energy expended for, what, several hundred people on earth, currently.

This powerful article reveals what the conservative agenda is really aimed at: restricting the joyful lives of ordinary people who happen to be trans. Sports, particularly team sports, have been integral to humanity for thousands of years. The global right-wing wants to deny to trans people any access to this part of human experience.

The next time you see a thread on whether trans people should be allowed to engage in sports -- whether that thread is on DU or elsewhere -- please think about Elizabeth. She and others like her are the real target.