This is going to affect young trans people who want to pursue a career in sport as they will be forced to come out by having to compete on the team of a gender they don’t align with.
So many amazing athletes that will slip through the cracks due to this as this ruling cancels out entire careers for young people in sport. Sport should be for everyone regardless of their gender identity, being transgender does not make someone better at sport. What will happen is transgender men will need to compete against ciswomen which will cause more argument despite this ruling.
Our bodies are being policed now more than ever, it is unfair to force a transwoman to compete on a men’s team as she will face further discrimination as she will be the only woman. There is no peace for transpeople now due to this ruling as an AMAB (assigned male at birth) woman on a man’s team will face backlash as will an AFAB (assigned female at birth) man on a women’s team. It is claimed that this is about protecting women when, in reality, it is about controlling women and controlling their bodies. The only person who can decide your gender for you is yourself, not the government, not a sports team, not angry people on Twitter, your gender is yours and yours alone to decide.
Despite this awful Supreme Court ruling transgender people and allies must fight to ensure trans people’s place in sports as they have just as much right to compete for their gender as cis people do.