The father of a transgender daughter is capturing national attention for his impassioned plea to Missouri state lawmakers during a hearing on a resolution that would ban transgender high school athletes from participating in girls’ sports in Missouri.
In a video that has gone viral on Twitter, Brandon Boulware urges Missouri legislators to reject House Joint Resolution 53 (HJR 53), a bill which would require students to play sports on the team that reflects the sex on their birth certificates.
Twenty states are currently considering similar bills that would ban transgender girls from playing on girls’ sports teams. One clip of Boulware’s speech has been seen more than 4 million times.