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Anti-Trans Spending Could Fund Six-Figure Pay for Trans Athletes

Original: Based on Anti-Trans Spending, Right-Wingers Could Afford to Pay Every Trans Student Athlete a Six-Figure Salary On Tuesd

Voters in Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, and Washington are set to decide Tuesday whether to ban transgender athletes from organized sports. A widely shared calculation argues that the money spent on anti-trans campaigns is so large it could instead pay every trans student athlete in the US a six-figure salary, a framing critics are using to question the scale and priorities of the political push.

Why now: Ballot measures on transgender athletes in four states are being decided this week, drawing attention to how much money is being spent against them.

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• Based on Anti-Trans Spending, Right-Wingers Could Afford to Pay Every Trans Student Athlete a Six-Figure Salary On Tuesday, residents of four U.S. states — Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, and Washington — will vote on whether to ban transgender athletes from organized sports. Each… · TRAHR@quokk.au · 2

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