How trans children became 'a political football' for the Republican party

"They're telling parents of cisgender children that you're losing something by allowing transgender youth to play in sports," said Alphonso David, president of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), an LGBTQ+ rights group. "We've seen this playbook before – you're losing something if you allow same-sex couples to marry, if you protect racial minorities in the workplace, if immigration laws are respected. It's us vs them."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/23/anti-trans-bills-us-transgender-youth-sports