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GLAAD Media Awards presenters support transgender athletes

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LOS ANGELES -- “Schitt’s Creek” and “The Boys in the Band” were winners at the GLAAD Media Awards, which included soccer’s Ashlyn Harris and Ali Krieger calling for transgender students to be accepted as “part of the team” in sports.Harris and Krieger, spouses who play for the Orlando Pride and were on the 2019 World Cup-winning U.S.

women’s national team, presented an award in Thursday's virtual ceremony to the film “Happiest Season,” about a lesbian romance.The couple drew attention to transgender athletes amid widespread efforts to restrict their participation, including a recently signed Mississippi bill that bans them from competing on girls or women’s sports teams.

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