Out gay football player, Megan Rapinoe, has condemned the wave of bills across the US which aim to ban young trans athletes from participating in school sports, saying: “discrimination hurts everyone.” In an opinion piece for The Washington Post, vocal LGBTQ+ activist and Olympic gold medalist Rapinoe said anti-trans bills are an “intense political assault on LBGTQ+ people.”She argued that trans youth deserve the same sporting opportunities as cis youth so they can “gain confidence, self-respect and leadership skills, and to learn what it means to be part of a team”, adding: “Discrimination hurts everyone.
We’re stronger as teams, and as a country, when all people who love sports have a chance to have their lives changed for the better,.