That’s a fair point, and the legislation itself is no doubt designed to further outrage and cultural divide and distract from real more pressing issues. But a simple google search reveals the dominance of Terry Miller and Andraya Yearwood in hs track in Connecticut. You’re correct that there aren’t a multitude of examples at this point, but I think that may be largely due to the fact that there are fewer transgender athletes participating. Thankfully, especially in our youth, transgender people are much more readily accepted by their peers, which, at least viewing on a micro scale from my own teaching experiences, has led to more students feeling comfortable enough to be who they really are and live their lives accordingly. My concern is, as this becomes more prevalent, the participation of trans athletes in high school will become more prevalent as well, and there is an undeniable inherent physical advantage for those athletes that were born as males, especially those that don’t undergo hormone therapy. So at this point, there’s no easy answer to this question, as someone is going to be adversely affected, the minority of transgender athletes who aren’t allowed to compete against their gender or the majority of cisgender athletes who would be competing at a fundamental disadvantage. Add in the obvious difficulty of the journey of your average transgender student in high school, and the discrimination they already face on a daily basis, and it clouds the issue even more.
