{"id":362401,"date":"2021-03-31T20:15:58","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T00:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=362401"},"modified":"2021-03-31T20:16:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T00:16:03","slug":"soccer-star-megan-rapinoe-pushes-for-transgender-athletes-in-girls-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soccer-star-megan-rapinoe-pushes-for-transgender-athletes-in-girls-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer Star Megan Rapinoe Pushes For Transgender Athletes In Girls Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsoccer-star-megan-rapinoe-pushes-for-transgender-athletes-in-girls-sports%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=362401&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4918.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>U.S. Women\u2019s Soccer star Megan Rapinoe on Sunday advocated for the inclusion of transgender athletes in girls and women\u2019s sports, despite the physical advantages biological males have over biological females.<\/p>\n<p>Rapinoe, who often promotes left-wing politics, claimed legislation seeking to separate athletics by biological sex rather than gender identity are an \u201cattack\u201d on transgender people and an attempt to \u201csolve a problem that doesn\u2019t exist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese bills are some of the most intense political assaults on LGBTQ people in recent years. Sports have become another avenue to attack the rights of trans people,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2021\/03\/28\/megan-rapinoe-transgender-kids-sports-ban\/\">argued<\/a> in an essay published at The Washington Post. \u201cThese efforts cause incredible harm to trans youth, who, like all kids in a global pandemic, are feeling isolated and need compassion and support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProponents of these bills argue that they are protecting women,\u201d Rapinoe continued. \u201cAs a woman who has played sports my whole life, I know that the threats to women\u2019s and girls\u2019 sports are lack of funding, resources, and media coverage; sexual harassment; and equal pay. \u2026&nbsp;Adults can\u2019t present that we care about the well-being of children while actively creating environments that cause serious harm to them. We can\u2019t make demands for a false sense of fairness while ignoring the actual needs of women and girls.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"pa-container-4\" class=\"pa-global-class pa-pl-13700 pa-pl-multiInsert\">\n<div id=\"pa-unit-6\" class=\"pa-unit-global pa-pl-13700\" readability=\"14.5\">\n<div readability=\"24\">\n<p>\u201cTransgender kids deserve the same chances to enjoy sports; to gain confidence, self-respect and leadership skills; and to learn what it means to be part of a team,\u201d she wrote. \u201cWhen we tell transgender girls that they can\u2019t play girls\u2019 sports \u2014 or transgender boys that they can\u2019t play boys\u2019 sports \u2014 they miss out on these important experiences and opportunities. And we lose the right to say we care about children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barring transgender girls from girls sports is \u201cdiscrimination,\u201d Rapinoe claimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiscrimination hurts everyone. We\u2019re stronger as teams, and as a country, when all people who love sports have a chance to have their lives changed for the better, just like I did. I want every transgender kid out there to know that they can live their dreams and be true to who they are. For them to realize those dreams, they need to be allowed to play.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Biden administration is on the same side as Rapinoe. The Department of Justice last month&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/high-school-girl-athlete-blasts-biden-administration-for-abandoning-her-lawsuit\">withdrew<\/a> support for a lawsuit brought by three high school female athletes that would block biological males from competing in girls\u2019 sports in Connecticut, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/high-school-girl-athlete-blasts-biden-administration-for-abandoning-her-lawsuit\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported. The suit was backed by Trump-nominated former Attorney General Bill Barr.<\/p>\n<p>One of three girls who had brought the lawsuit, Alanna Smith, in clear disagreement with Rapinoe,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/high-school-girl-athlete-blasts-biden-administration-for-abandoning-her-lawsuit\">blasted<\/a> the Biden administration over the withdrawal during a recent appearance on Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got involved after I ran against the biological males at the New England meet because in the 200 meter I took third place when I should have gotten runner-up,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s not really about placement but it\u2019s all about knowing that I work so many hours a week to be able to get runner-up in New England\u2019s [championships] as a freshman. And I am really disappointed in the news, because me and the other girls, Selina and Chelsea, have worked really hard to get our stories out there, to get people to realize that fairness needs to be restored in our sport and all other women\u2019s sports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith added that \u201cpeople should realize&nbsp;that a lot of biological females&nbsp;have missed out on making it to&nbsp;meets that really matter, like states and regionals, and the&nbsp;transgender athletes have taken&nbsp;spots on the podium that&nbsp;belong to biological females.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe train for so many days a week, so many hours to be able to be the best in our state and the best in our region, and these biological males are just taking it away from us and we really deserve it,\u201d the athlete said.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/20\/executive-order-preventing-and-combating-discrimination-on-basis-of-gender-identity-or-sexual-orientation\/\">signed<\/a> an executive order on January 20 stating, \u201cChildren should be able to learn without worrying about whether they will be denied access to the restroom, the locker room, or school sports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/story\/news\/politics\/politifact\/2021\/02\/05\/president-joe-biden-administration-did-not-dictate-specific-changes-sports\/4404020001\/\">According<\/a> to the Austin American-Statesman, the order \u201cdoes not impose any new guidelines that would immediately bring changes to school sports \u2026 Instead,&nbsp;it requires&nbsp;federal agencies, including the U.S. Education Department, to review existing policies and programs to determine whether they are in line with the new guidance prohibiting discrimination based on gender and sexuality, and to implement changes if needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/third-gop-gov-moves-to-protect-girls-sports-athletes-to-be-separated-by-biological-sex-not-gender-identity\">Third GOP Gov Moves To Protect Girls Sports: Athletes To Be Separated By Biological Sex, Not Gender&nbsp;Identity<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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