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Trans athlete bans are still about scoring political points, not fairness

“Aside from subjecting girls to harassment and invasive testing, these bans do not actually protect women and girls,” Shiwali Patel, senior director of safe and inclusive schools at the National Women’s Law Center, said Thursday. “They also don’t solve for resource or funding inequities in women and girls’ sports, or the fact that college women athletes are shortchanged millions of dollars in athletic scholarships compared to college men, or address rampant sexual harassment against athletes by authority figures.

“Equal protection and access to education means that all students should be able to play sports and reap the well-documented socio-emotional and educational benefits of playing. Excluding a girl because she is trans is never fair — it’s unlawful and undermines the rights of all women and girls.”