Idaho’s transphobic 2020 bill banning trans women student athletes from competing in female sports. So naturally the conversation concerned that specific issue, which is currently being stoked primarily by right wing groups, of whether trans athletes should be allowed to compete in the sports division corresponding to their gender identity.
It’s not likely that many viewers came away satisfied by Maher’s chat with de Varona, which ultimately meandered and expressed confusion about trans issues generally, and produced some awkward and pretty cringe jokes.
Such as Maher telling de Varona “What you’re trying to do is find a middle ground, right? How can we be fair to, let’s say, women classic?”De Varona is a member of a group called the.