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Transgender athletes want to participate in school sports for the same reason as anyone else: to be part of a team, to challenge themselves, to improve their health and fitness, and to have fun. When schools prohibit transgender, gender nonconforming, nonbinary, and intersex (TGNCNBI) students from participating on teams that align with their gender identities, they effectively exclude TGNCNBI students from participating in school sports altogether.