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Trans athletes say they deserve to win and lose alongside their teammates
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USA TODAY
Wondery
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
News & Politics
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Daily News
News
Publication Date |
Mar 14, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:14:32

Fourteen-year-old Rebekah Bruesehoff has been playing field hockey on the team that corresponds with her gender identity for the past five years. Her teammates haven’t had any problems with Rebekah’s participation. 

This year, she successfully made the varsity team at her new middle school in Southern New Jersey. 

This season, her mom Jamie Bruesehoff is more worried than ever that her daughter’s participation could become a problem.

Bills that would ban transgender athletes from sports have been proposed in at least 26 states in the last several months. Mississippi’s governor just signed one bill into law on Thursday, March 11. Advocates behind lawsuits in several states argue people assigned male at birth should not be allowed to compete against cisgender women and girls, due to perceived athletic advantages such as taller height and heavier weight.

Transgender advocates like 6-time Team USA duathlete Chris Mosier say trans kids have been competing in sports for decades, and deserve to continue to be included. World track cycling champion Veronica Ivy says parameters dictating what kinds of women can participate in women’s sports are detrimental to all women.

To hear more from Mosier, Ivy, Rebekah and Jamie Bruesehoff, and transgender baskbetball coach Layne Ingram, listen to the full episode produced by USA TODAY Audio Editor Claire Thornton.

Additional reading:

National Coming Out Day: Rebekah Bruesehoff shares her story

Two transgender men talk life experiences on podcast aimed for LGBTQ, cisgender community

Transgender duathlete Chris Mosier’s challenge to N.C. bill

Trans rights advocates say dictating what kinds of women can participate in women’s sports is detrimental to all women.

Fourteen-year-old Rebekah Bruesehoff has been playing field hockey on the team that corresponds with her gender identity for the past five years. Her teammates haven’t had any problems with Rebekah’s participation. 

This year, she successfully made the varsity team at her new middle school in Southern New Jersey. 

This season, her mom Jamie Bruesehoff is more worried than ever that her daughter’s participation could become a problem.

Bills that would ban transgender athletes from sports have been proposed in at least 26 states in the last several months. Mississippi’s governor just signed one bill into law on Thursday, March 11. Advocates behind lawsuits in several states argue people assigned male at birth should not be allowed to compete against cisgender women and girls, due to perceived athletic advantages such as taller height and heavier weight.

Transgender advocates like 6-time Team USA duathlete Chris Mosier say trans kids have been competing in sports for decades, and deserve to continue to be included. World track cycling champion Veronica Ivy says parameters dictating what kinds of women can participate in women’s sports are detrimental to all women.

To hear more from Mosier, Ivy, Rebekah and Jamie Bruesehoff, and transgender baskbetball coach Layne Ingram, listen to the full episode produced by USA TODAY Audio Editor Claire Thornton.

Additional reading:

National Coming Out Day: Rebekah Bruesehoff shares her story

Two transgender men talk life experiences on podcast aimed for LGBTQ, cisgender community

Transgender duathlete Chris Mosier’s challenge to N.C. bill

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