Rep. Ivey: Not Allowing Biological Males To Compete in Female Sports ‘Is a Message of Rejection’ for Trans Kids

We got scenarios where we got girls at the high school level or middle school level going out for the football team and making it girls competing in wrestling.
Going out for the team and making it, I think, that’s fine. I think we should leave that so that they can do it, but then the last one I want to make to is this. A reference back to the veto. Message was delivered by the Republican governor of Utah, Spencer Cox and reaction to this right before he vetoed similar kind of legislation in his state, and he said something kind of similar is got. Seventy five thousand high school kids participating in high school sports for true transgender kids playing high school sports in Utah, one transgender student playing girls’ sports. 80 six percent of trent of trans youth reporting suicide reality fifty six percent of trans youth, having attempted suicide. So, even if you care about women’s sports and even if you’re trying to protect women that question in your your honesty or your pursue your position on that, but I do think we should also consider the kids on the other side of this two kids, who are seeing the transgender kids who are seeing. Is this debate, and not just this one. But debates across the country at state level, on TV and on and the like and to them this is a message of rejection and exclusion. It’s it’s hurtful to them. I’ve got six kids number transgender, so I I don’t have any personal experience with this, but you know I do hope that we can try and be more considerate of their concerns and their needs as well. Try and balances out. You know if you’re worried about women’s sports. I take it your word, although I think women’s sports is doing better now the United States in it ever has been. I think it will continue to be so