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How sports became a battleground over trans rights
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February 6, 2026
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3:00Now PlayingThe right said trans athletes had an unfair advantage. The data tells a different story.
Over the last year, the anti-trans movement has reached a tipping point. Trans girls are banned from girls’ school sports in the majority of states. The NCAA and US Olympic and Paralympic committees have banned trans women from women’s competitions. The Supreme Court is currently considering the issue, too.
Meghan Cortez-Fields is one of the last openly transgender swimmers to compete as a woman in the NCAA, having followed the policy the governing body laid out for her with gender-affirming hormone therapy.
Still, the hate came, accusing Meghan of an unfair advantage. So Reveal’s data reporter Melissa Lewis took a closer look.
Watch for what she found and hear Meghan on an episode of Reveal. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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