You don’t should scroll through the web for long to grasp that trans kids in America are under attack. Whether it’s lawmakers who’re hell-bent on denying them life-affirming care or legislating which bathrooms trans people get to make use of, or far-right groups (each online and IRL) protesting drag shows and calling LGBTQ+ people “groomers,” […]
SELF talked to 5 young people whose stories are noteworthy not only because they provide a counter narrative to the fearmongering and misinformation, but in addition because they show that trans kids who play sports are simply kids who play sports. The teenagers who spoke to us shared how they fell in love with the […]
The query stays: How, exactly, do bans on trans athletes protect girls from abuse? The reply is, they don’t. The notion that trans girls are a threat or pose danger to cis girls is solely unfaithful. If anyone’s safety is in danger straight away, it’s trans kids’, whose access to gender-affirming care and secure spaces […]
Once I was a child, sports were the place where I discovered my friends and my community, in addition to my confidence and sense of self. I loved sports because they allowed me to challenge myself, but mostly because playing them was after I could hang around with my buddies and just rejoice. Now, as […]
Sports have at all times been greater than only a game. While basketball and baseball are relatively recent to the history of humankind, our love of athletics might be dated way back to 2600 B.C., with wrestling being the primary known recreational sport of alternative. One in every of the best unifiers, sports brings people […]