I’ve been at Outsports since 2019. In that time, I’ve had the opportunity to support breaking news, interview interesting people, and discuss deeper problems.
My coworkers have given me the opportunity to express what I think and feel on Transgender Day of Visibility.
I’ve written a lot about the issues transgender people who merely want to play sports are having, mainly trans children.
With it being TDoV 2024 on Sunday, Coach Karleigh has taken out her folder and bell.
Get active and get off the outside.
Our regular handbook is jam-packed with everything from heated locker rooms to important LGBTQ sports issues.
I think a cheer talk is in order.
We know about the pro-trans costs passed in 25 states. As some politicians try to win their social games, those Erin Reed hazard maps continue to appear darker purple.
We’ve seen how governing bodies attempt to convert earlier arousal into present and future isolation.
Transphobia over considering. Foolish fear sold as “fairness”.
Fairness for whom?
We are in the center. Those of us who play and those who want to.
Those of us who trainer, cry and praise.
You are aware of what others think of us.
“Why can’t they have their own division”?
“They’re fakers”
We’ve been hearing that a lot, especially in the next five years. In that first event, and every other circumstance, they were wrong.
When CeCé finished fifth, they were making a young person known as CeCé a concern. When she won, they made an even worse statement.
They did the same to Lia, and Austin, and Emily, and Natalie and Hailey.
“They are nothing to worry about. They aren’t really men and can’t compete”.
They told Chris that. They told Schuyler that. They told Iszac that.
Yet as they bird him, they try to tell Patricio that. With a chance to get 4-0, the second battle is on April 4, and I can view you sweating in the gym.
I know you are tired and frustrated, even if the period is over. I see you, that young hockey player in Vermont. Some high school athletes lately won state and regional championships.
I can observe Meghan Cortez-Fields getting slammed over a class record from people who unapologetically have opinions on issues they have most likely only heard about.
It’s all because Lia Thomas also lives in their eyes, rent-free.
We hear the noise. It’s hard to turn off the sounds.
But as a society, we must change off the sound and do something different.
We will be seen. We will be heard. Soccer is our straight.
Get your peaks and lunge outside, Sadie Schreiner. Four other riders from the NCAA Division III track and field nationwide, including you, who were only 0.007 seconds away in the final heat, were eliminated in the last.
Brooklyn Ross, who with each victory has one last chance to shine on the federal level, is where I see you.
Hey, Cal Calamia! In the dust, keep all behind. That final push is what I want to see.
That goes for you too, skater Nikki Hiltz. You have a time in Paris this summer, and I want to discover you stay it.
Tifanny Abreu, getting that Superliga Feminina tournament. Her organization is currently in the finals of the finals.
Jacqueline Cook, available pits on offense and close them on defense.
Car runner Charlie Martin’s website is revving up across the Atlantic Ocean. She has a chance to competition a dream at Le Mans this year thanks to the collection she’s in. Stand on it, person!
When we once again played our companions over at Dulwich v their @DHFCSupporterXI, we now believe we are the first all Trans Masc team in the world to enjoy an 11-a-side match. The image below became a popular image. twitter.com/W0920ASTo1
— TRUK United FC. (@Trukunitedfc ) June 6, 2023
On Sunday, TRUK United FC may play a family-friendly game on the high-visibility day. On the Football v Transphobia Podcast hosted by Outsports ‘ Jon Holmes, I overheard one of your own, Football v Transphobia campaign head Natalie Washington.
Soccer keeper Blair Hamilton, a.k.a. “The Washing Machine”, was also on the radio. When she isn’t playing for fifth-tier Saltdean United, she occasionally guards the TRUK United online. Since joining Saltdean last year and in the midst of an effective time, she notes that the support she receives from her friends has been crucial.
“I’ve never been in a dressing area where everyone is so chill and has so many persona”, she said. “One’s got your back and that makes things special”.
Teammates having your up. We need to see that. We must learn that, especially for young people who will take the field in the springtime and the following year.
I know what that’s like.
I was getting my shirt with my sport teammates this past year. One of my friends told me,” Karleigh, you’re set and you’re one of us then”.
Get seen. Get heard.
That goes for coaches and group officials. Being at the top means being at the end. It might involve standing up for the incorporation you claim to support. It may mean speaking up, even if your words shake.
It can be plain, but challenging. Some have carried it. The Vermont Principals Association fought for transgender equality in their high school sports next month. Ramapo College clapped up when anti-trans headline internet sought to demonize Cortez- Areas.
Noa-Lynn van Leuven caused the Dutch national spears team to quit, but it didn’t go quiet or shrink. They defended Van Leuven in the Tombstone-style.
Also, bye!
I see you Much Island Roller Insurgents telling Nassau County’s pro-trans professional,” Oh, you want to differentiate? Fine! See you in courtroom”!
Taking notes, NCAA President Charlie Baker, and therefore address Riley Gaines and the political figures who are bringing your lawsuit against you.
That’s the help I want to discover out there. It’s the help we need today. The nature of the staff must compete with those who want to try to end the games that everyone has worked so hard to do.
Choose only let me locked up and play ball, according to a strong Ohio football defensive player named Julie” All” Day.
That is all we want.
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