"Sports" is such a red herring. Advocates for trans people have never asked for there to be a free-for-all, especially when you're talking about competitive/professional/collegiate/Olympic sports. For those, it's always been that organizations should set their own standards based on science/research

On the topic of sports, to the extent that trans people and advocates for trans rights actually do talk about this, it's always been "Hey, sure, let's figure out how to ensure fairness, balancing it with inclusion." The less competitive something is, the more you should err on the side of inclusion.

And vice versa for things like the Olympics, which should err on the side of fairness. The pro-trans side is the side that's always been about finding compromise. It's mostly pointless, though, because like I said, it's a red herring.

It's really frustrating that when the topic of trans rights comes up, a lot of ostensibly pro-trans politicians start talking about sports and "pronouns" (w/o elaborating on what they mean), instead of talking about efforts to criminalize healthcare, to legalize discrimination, to revoke IDs, etc.

Just off the top of my head, here's how I think a "pro-trans everything except sports" politician could answer a question about trans rights (or trans people in sports, specifically): "I obviously think it's important to find a way forward on this issue, to find a balance between fairness and ...

"... inclusion. But if you want to know where I stand on trans rights? Here's what I'm thinking about. The State Department stopped issuing passports to trans people that reflect who they are. That means trans people traveling internationally are being outed by their own government documents ..."