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The reaction of a “transgender” student’s father to Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s opinion on transgenders participating in sports should teach conservatives an important lesson about dealing with the transgender issue.
On Thursday, CNN hosted a town hall on public education with the governor, when a girl who claims to be a boy and goes by the name of “Niko” pressed Youngkin on the issue of transgender bathrooms and sports.
Youngkin politely replied that he was fine with putting gender-neutral bathrooms in schools to accommodate transgender students, but maintained that he would not allow biological boys to compete as girls and vice versa.
“I think sports are very clear, and I don’t think it’s very controversial,” he said. “I don’t think that biological boys should be playing sports with biological girls … It’s just not fair.”
But as he spoke this point, Niko’s father, who was sitting in the audience, shook his head in disapproval.
Now regardless of what you think of Youngkin’s position on gender-neutral bathrooms in schools, you need to recognize that he was in a tough spot here. He was confronted by a transgender to his face and had to tailor his answer accordingly.
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