Christian Dad Explains In Emotional Speech How He Learned To Accept His Transgender Daughter

As of now, 35 similar bills are considered in 20 states. Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves signed a similar law just days ago and later this year, it's scheduled to go into effect.

“I proudly signed the Mississippi Fairness Act to ensure young girls are not forced to compete against biological males,” Republican Governor Reeves, tweeted.

People who support these bills claim that their necessity remains to ensure fair competitive conditions since they claim that transgender athletes who identify as female have an advantage. On the other hand, ACLU and other advocacy groups say that laws like these are enforced for discriminatory purposes.

Pediatrician and geneticist, Dr. Eric Vilain, who works at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C, and has also, throughout his career, studied sex differences and has been an advisor at the International Olympic Committee on such issues, said that on average, men have a 10 to 12% advantage in performance in athletics over women, which was attributed by sports authorities the to differences in levels of the male hormone, testosterone.

Villain raised the question of whether an advantage of the performance during competitions could be liked to this male hormone and whether that means trans athletes systematically winning all competitions.

“The answer to this latter question – are trans athletes winning everything? – is simple. That’s not the case,” Villain said. “And higher levels of the male hormone testosterone are associated with better performance only in a very small number of athletic disciplines – 400 meters, 800 meters, hammer throw, pole vault. And it certainly does not explain the whole 10% difference.”

The issue is quite complicated, but when it comes to high school:

“At a high school level, many trans youth do delay their puberty, which means that even if they are not taking these gender-affirming hormones, their natural puberty in their biological sex is not happening, therefore resulting in a delay and an absence of an effect on muscle mass, at least for the male-to-female situation. So the supposed advantage of muscle mass and red blood cells because of testosterone becomes moot in middle and often high school competitions when there have been puberty blockers involved.”

The situation becomes once again blurry if the student isn't blocking their puberty.

Last week, a letter wet to the N.C.A.A. with more than 500 signatures from student-athletes, where they pressed the organization to avoid holding championship events in states with restrictions or are aiming to restrict transgender athletes.

“You have been silent in the face of hateful legislation in states that are slated to host championships, even though those states are close to passing anti-transgender legislation,” the letter read.

Federal-level legislation has also been introduced. In January, Republican Representative Greg Steube of Florida, for example, introduced the "Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2021", which designates sex as “based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth” and makes it illegal for operators of sports programs that receive federal funds “to permit a person whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls.”

Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah, introduced a similar bill last month. Committees are reviewing the bill. Similar bills failed to advance in previous sessions.

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