Trans Athlete Participation in Sports
(Image Credit: Jacob Wackerhausen, PeopleImages, 2022) It is fair to say that most people aware of issues affecting the LGBTQ community in recent years have heard of the discourse surrounding the participation of trans athletes in sports, particularly trans women. The participation of trans women and girls in sports has become a hot-button topic and an issue in many pieces of legislation seeking to ban individuals from participating in gendered sports that do not match their gender assigned at birth. An excellent tool that one can view to see the frequency of LGBTQ legislation is the LGBTQ Legislation by State Heatmap , compiled by The Trevor Project. The map shows that my home state of Tennessee is one of the most heavily legislated in terms of legislature affecting LGBTQ folks, which is very disheartening to see. Two examples are TN SB 1237 and TN HB 306, enacted for private schools in my state. These bills ...