Trans Athletes and Sports
Although I didn’t have the language to come out as trans at 4 years old, I knew exactly who I was. I told my parents my name is Rose and I’m a girl. My parents signed me up for baseball and basketball, but I never enjoyed either. I would rather sit in the field and pick flowers, or sit on the sidelines and listen to music. I’ve never been a sporty person, but sometimes I wonder if I were allowed to play on the girl’s teams, would I have wanted to play sports? I think so.
Trans people, especially kids deserve to play sports. Trans minors deserve to participate in friendly competition, camaraderie, teamwork, and sportsmanship. Trans people, even Olympic athletes, are not dominating sports. The few successful trans athletes with major wins deserve them though because they’ve trained hard. Sports aren’t fair, that’s the point.