The truth the GOP doesn’t want you to know about trans Americans

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The truth the GOP doesn't want you to know about trans Americans

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Story by Chris Hayes (12 Jan 2025)

Republicans have now run multiple campaigns playing up fears of trans women playing sports and trans youth seeking medical care or simply seeking to use a public restroom in privacy and dignity.

What is the scale of the issue we are talking about? And why are we talking about it?

Well, Republicans certainly don't have an answer to that first question. Take West Virginia's governor and soon-to-be-senator, Jim Justice. In 2021, he signed a statewide ban on trans students in school sports.

At the time, my colleague Stephanie Ruhle asked Justice if he could name one example of a transgender child trying to gain an unfair competitive advantage at a school in his state. "No, I can't really tell you one," Justice replied.

Another idea you may hear from this movement is that transgender athletes are taking over women's sports. That's an abject lie, as the head of the NCAA told the Senate last month.

Charlie Baker told the panel that out of the 510,000 athletes in the United States in NCAA schools, there are fewer than 10 transgender athletes he is aware of who currently compete in college sports. In other words, less than 0.002% of college athletes are trans.

No matter their numbers, every transgender person is as worthy as anyone else of dignity and respect and equal rights under law.

[Lori Dee]

When Kristi Noem, Governor of South Dakota signed an Executive Order banning transgender girls from playing in girls' sports, the total number of transgender athletes playing sports throughout the entire State was exactly... ONE.