This is beyond disappointing. 😔⁣ •⁣ On Monday, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) — an NCAA–like governing body overseeing sports at 241 small four-year colleges — unanimously voted to ban transgender athletes from nearly all women’s sports starting this August. ⁣ •⁣ Under the NAIA’s current policy, trans women and nonbinary athletes can compete in regular-season events, while postseason contests have hormone therapy restrictions. However, the expanded policy excludes trans women (and trans men in hormone therapy) from all intercollegiate women’s competition due to “competitive fairness.” Men’s sports remain unrestricted.⁣ •⁣ Out of the NAIA’s 83K student-athletes, only a handful are trans competitors (about 40 of the NCAA’s 500K athletes are trans). That’s an absurdly small number to justify a policy rooted in transphobia and misinformation. ⁣ •⁣ It’s also worth noting that while approximately 125 NAIA schools are religiously affiliated, 17 of the 20 Council...