A coach of two transgender athletes says Utah’s HB11 will ‘shut them out from their entire identity’
‘It’s not the death of women’s sport for me,” the coach says. “It’s the death of my athlete being able to identify with who they are as athletes and swimmers.’
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Protesters on the steps of the Capitol, in support of transgender youth, on Thursday, March 24, 2022.
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