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The other big cultural war story right now is being pushed by people with actual political

power and it involves transgender people.

Now wait, I know what you're thinking.

Scary trans people?

Isn't that a throwback from like five years ago?

There was an outrage cycle around bathrooms?

Do you remember that?

They're going to be kidnapping our children and wearing dresses while they poop.

But even though none of that scary stuff actually happened, they've already kicked off an exciting

new sequel.

It has become a new front in the culture war.

Republicans across the country are pushing to ban transgender students and often specifically

trans girls and women from competing in school sports.

It meant everything to me to be able to run, you know, as a gender with this identify

and to run as who I know I am.

I really just found who I am as a person like three sports.

More than 25 states across the country now considering anti-trans policies in school

sports, three of those states have already signed them into law.

The Republicans pushing for the ban have been unable to appoint to any evidence of a problem.

Will you cite any examples where a young woman was denied a scholarship opportunity or a

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