Us & Them

Us & Them Encore: The Right To Compete


Listen Later

At least 20 states have laws banning transgender girls and women from competing on girls and womens sports teams. On the next episode of Us & Them, host Trey Kay looks at the battle over gender and sports. Kay talks with transgender athletes who say they want to be who they truly are as they compete on the playing field. We hear from a state lawmaker who says the new laws are not anti-trans, but rather designed to protect girls and women from unfair competition playing against transgender athletes. A U.S. Supreme Court ruling allows a transgender girl in West Virginia to compete on her middle school girls team for now, while a state lawsuit continues.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Us & ThemBy Trey Kay and WVPB

  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6

4.6

392 ratings


More shows like Us & Them

View all
On the Media by WNYC Studios

On the Media

9,180 Listeners

On Point | Podcast by WBUR

On Point | Podcast

3,916 Listeners

Fresh Air by NPR

Fresh Air

37,911 Listeners

Reveal by The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX

Reveal

8,283 Listeners

Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts by Slate Podcasts

Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts

3,473 Listeners

Scene on Radio by Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University

Scene on Radio

74 Listeners

The NPR Politics Podcast by NPR

The NPR Politics Podcast

25,810 Listeners

Code Switch by NPR

Code Switch

14,554 Listeners

Pod Save America by Crooked Media

Pod Save America

86,750 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

111,059 Listeners

It's Been a Minute by NPR

It's Been a Minute

8,960 Listeners

Throughline by NPR

Throughline

16,078 Listeners

Consider This from NPR by NPR

Consider This from NPR

6,004 Listeners

The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

The Ezra Klein Show

15,495 Listeners

The Opinions by The New York Times Opinion

The Opinions

466 Listeners