The fight for trans athletes isn’t about fairness. It’s about who gets to belong
A young Rose Montoya was put in T-ball and basketball because of the gender she was assigned at birth. Her teammates were boys who spent more time bullying her than passing her the ball. Her real friends were the girls who let her play dress up. Most days, the boys made it clear she didn’t belong with them. So she got pushed into solo sports instead, and she missed out on the things sports are supposed to teach kids: teamwork, confidence, belonging. That’s what’s actually at stake in this fight. Not trophies. Belonging. This was never really about sports. Sports are the distraction, […]