Megan Rapinoe

Warning: This article contains discussion of suicide. Key points: Megan Rapinoe says sport governing bodies enacting blanket bans on trans athletes are "cruel" ...

"We really need to take a step back and get a grip on what we're really talking about here because people's lives are at risk. That is not the way to be framing this question. "I'm speaking for a lot of people. In collegiate sports, there is regulation, and at the Olympic and professional level. Frankly, I think what a lot of people know is versions of the [political] right's talking-points, because they're very loud, they're very consistent, and they're relentless. "At the highest level, there is regulation.

Megan Rapinoe says the debate surrounding transgender inclusion should not be framed by elite sport.

“So, we need to really kind of take a step back and get a grip on what we’re really talking about here because people’s lives are at risk. We’re talking about people’s lives. Kids’ lives are at risk with the rates of suicide, the rates of depression and negative mental health and drug abuse. We’re talking about kids. “At the highest level, there is regulation. “Frankly, I think what a lot of people know is versions of the right’s talking points because they’re very loud.

Megan Rapinoe has stood up for transgender athletes competing in women's sport, with the US Women's striker saying people don't know much about it.

"So, we need to really kind of take a step back and get a grip on what we’re really talking about here because people’s lives are at risk. But we can’t start at the opposite. "Frankly, I think what a lot of people know is versions of the right’s talking points because they’re very loud. Based on science and fairness no male who has gone through puberty will be eligible to compete in women’s FINA events or break a Women’s FINA World Record— Karen Pickering MBE (@Karen_Pickering) June 19, 2022 "At the highest level, there is regulation. And at the Olympic and professional level.

USWNT star Megan Rapinoe tells Time she is “100% supportive of trans inclusion” in sports in a wide-ranging interview.

“Kids’ lives are at risk with the rates of suicide, the rates of depression and negative mental health and drug abuse. We’re putting everything through God forbid a trans person be successful in sports. I’m sorry, it’s just not happening,” Rapinoe told TIME. “So we need to start from inclusion, period.

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There was also a proposal for a new "open competition policy." FINA members voted 71.5% in favor of the new policies. And I’m gonna speak it loudly, and I think that that helps other people who maybe don’t have the ability to do that, or who aren’t in a place to do that quite yet." "For a long time, I was the only player that was out. "At the highest level, there is regulation. Frankly, I think what a lot of people know is versions of the right’s talking points because they’re very loud.

The veteran soccer star (pictured) was dismissive of the notion that trans women are dominating women's sports and thus need regulating, calling it 'cruel' ...

She argued that we must approach the issue from the perspective of how to include transgender female athletes - 'but we can't start at the opposite. 'We're putting everything through ''God forbid a trans person be successful in sports'', Rapinoe added. Texas is pushing for new laws relating to trans youths. In collegiate sports, there is regulation. That is cruel. 'At the highest level, there is regulation.

The inclusion of transgender athletes in sports has become quite the complicated issue. Megan Rapinoe believes we're all overthinking it, though.

"We're putting everything through 'God forbid a trans person be successful in sports,'" Rapinoe added. On the flip side, a transgender athlete taking the spot of another athlete could negatively impact that child. We're missing almost everything."