@cal.calamia: 😳 I was SHOCKED when I pulled up to the Supreme Court for the oral arguments regarding the constitutionality of banning transgender athletes from participating in school sports. I was in disbelief that the area in front of the Supreme Court was split down the middle, with a microphone on each side. I guess I had thought that love and inclusion were such obvious and self-evident responses to the case. It was truly jarring to hear the anti-trans rally while supporting my peers and preparing to speak about the essential nature of inclusion in sport… and having to literally do so over such hateful and inaccurate rhetoric about who trans people are. To me, it’s a false equivalence to equate these arguments with congruent platforms… physical space, volume, and stage height. As though we’re arguing about pineapple on pizza¿ We all deserve to be ourselves and do the things we love. Young people have a right to move, to be a part of teams, to be included and feel safe at school and in extracurriculars. Denying trans students this right is discrimination. Period. For accessibility, here are the two competing arguments during the video: “All these people on the other side who are saying they are standing up for women, you are not standing up for women by exposing every single girl in school athletics to being investigated, to being potentially groped, to being subject to these disgusting provisions.” vs. “To see these efforts taken away by biological men competing against them is wrong. It is not inclusive to steal a scholarship from a girl.” Even in this moment, we can see the compassion on the pro-trans side and the misinformed and skewed rhetoric on the anti-trans side. For example, why call trans girls “men” and cis girls “girls” when students that compete against each other on school teams are the same age? And just when there’s a half-second of silence, more yelling from both sides. How exhausting it is to know that our existence is up for constant debate. How painful it must be for young people to navigate the world with this knowledge. How brave we are to keep going, together. 🫂🏳️‍⚧️

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Saturday 02 May 2026 23:07:38 GMT