Hi, fam, Amara here. Welcome to the TransLash podcast, the show where we take a look at news and culture from a trans perspective.

Today we're going to delve into a topic that's unfortunately been in the news way too much.

Trans people just living their lives and playing sports has been unnecessarily politicized.

In fact, state lawmakers right now in at least 25 states are trying to stop trans students specifically from having the same

opportunities as their cis peers, according to the ACLU. While the hate directed at trans

people in athletics has gotten a lot of play in the media, the voices of these talented athletes,

are often left out of the conversation.

So today, I'm sitting down with two incredible trans people who are breaking barriers in sports.

First, we're going to hear from Cecey Telfer.

She's the first openly trans woman to win a national collegiate athletic association title.

Not only was I targeted and threatened with death threats, we have an open campus. So it's not

like we have gates where we can checkpoint people. No, anybody can come to the university. That's

very unsettling. Plus, I'm going to talk to Chris Mosier, the first openly trans athlete to represent

the U.S. in an international competition and six-time member of Team USA. I think there's just a lack of

understanding of the fact that we are people and who we are as people. We are not monsters. We are

not here to destroy sports.

We are literally just people doing what we love.

I just wanted to let everyone know that our first conversation with CeC goes to some heavy places.

That's why I'm giving a trigger warning here around anti-transviolence and death.

So please take care of yourself while listening.

Before we get to the show, I just wanted to thank all of our incredible listeners.

You all are the reason we make the show.

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