We heard from Emmett, who is a trans man who competes in the men's water polo team for Madison UW Madison. Permission to read from a printed document without objection. Emmett said in his testimony, This bill, if passed, will either require me, an individual who has been on testosterone for two and a half years to play on a woman's team, or would likely force me to cease playing water polo entirely because of the exclusion from CWPA. and this legislative body AB 378 claims to be protecting to be in protection of assigned female at birth athletes such as myself. And I'm here to tell you I don't need protection from my teammates. (01:31–01:48)
CLAIM
Asserts that the bill would force a trans man to play on a women's team or stop playing due to CWPA exclusion.
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