A look at the effect of transgender athlete bans on youth sports
As much of the nation prepares to return to school, new laws banning transgender athletes from women’s and girls’ sports teams are moving from debates at the statehouse to taking effect on the field in states like Tennessee, Indiana, South Dakota and Utah.
Starting with international sports, although the International Olympic Committee has allowed transgender athletes to compete in the Olympics since 2004, it took until last year’s Tokyo Olympics for there to even be any openly transgender athletes competing in any sport at the Olympics. But as transgender women participate and win sports competitions, it’s upset some people and claiming they have an unfair advantage.
Many sports governing bodies or leagues have required testosterone levels to be below certain levels or requiring a certain amount of time to pass after transitioning, and transgender athletes themselves have proposed middle ground options. After Brazilian volleyball player Tifanny Abreu started to play on a women’s team after her transition, she suggested quotas limiting the number of transgender women per team.
The NCAA record in the women’s 500-yard freestyle was set by multi-time Olympic gold medal winner Katie Ledecky, who swam it in 4 minutes and 24.06 seconds in 2017. She also received hateful messages after winning an age group championship in 2019, but she sees sports as her outlet. Lieberman is a three-time national champion muay thai fighter. They had personal childhood experience with inclusion in sports making a difference.
"This is fundamentally about fairness," State Rep. Ryan Dotson, Kentucky, said."It ensures that both biological females and biological males have a level playing field. We don’t want to deprive any of the females of these opportunities." In Kansas, Republican legislators were blocked from implementing a ban on transgender athletes. Stephanie Byers, a Democratic state representative in Kansas who is the first Native American transgender state legislator, voted and testified against the bill. She told Newsy that in Kansas, where the same commission governs both athletic and non-athletic school competitions, the only person seeking recognition as a transgender girl, wasn’t even looking to compete in a sport.
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