How many transgender athletes are there in the US? Hardly any at all, according to experts

House Republicans passed a bill on Tuesday aimed at barring transgender student athletes from participating in girls’ sports despite the fact that the number of transgender student athletes in the US is vanishingly small.

The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act seeks to amend Title IX, the landmark civil rights law that prohibits sex discrimination in education. It would ban schools receiving federal funding from allowing transgender girls and women to compete in sports designated for “women or girls.”

The legislation, which Republicans have championed as a defence of women’s sports, comes in the wake of a heated election cycle where transgender rights became a frequent target of the party.

In the run up to the election in November, Trump’s campaign trail was littered with anti-trans rhetoric

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