National Women’s Law Center President: Female Athletes Should ‘Learn to Lose Gracefully’ to Men

GOSS GRAVES: “And success in school sports depends on a whole range of factors, including how hard you work and coaching, and access to really good resources and facilities. And trans students participate in sports for the same reason as their kids, because it is fun, because it creates belonging and community, because it teaches so much about persistence and leadership and discipline, unless they learn to lose gracefully, hopefully. And often they learn to win with dignity, hopefully. They learn to do the sort of work that means you have higher grades and stay connected to school. I want every kid to have that chance, to have the chance to play. So, I feel compelled to just, in my testament, with a few ideas for the committee to pursue if it really wants to work on this issue, we can make it safer for student athletes who report harassment and sexual misconduct, we can address resource —“