Trans people comprise a scant portion of athletes, at all levels, but the drive to bar them from participating in competitive sports has never been about numbers.
The goal is to legally define sex as assigned at birth as static and to make adult transition illegal and impossible. Directly stating this would alienate most, so instead they must focus on the dozen or so trans school athletes to hide under a more “reasonable” sounding argument. This also serves to falsely convey the idea that trans people are everywhere. There need to be enough of us to be a dangerous target to keep the Fox News Hour of Hate going.
The goal is to legally define sex as assigned at birth as static and to make adult transition illegal and impossible. Directly stating this would alienate most, so instead they must focus on the dozen or so trans school athletes to hide under a more “reasonable” sounding argument. This also serves to falsely convey the idea that trans people are everywhere. There need to be enough of us to be a dangerous target to keep the Fox News Hour of Hate going.