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I care! I was one of the 3 trans people in the fencing club and I really dislike being told there are so few "trans college athletes" that I was about 10% of the total (assuming the prevalence of trans college athletes has remained constant from 15 years ago to today).
I don't find it useful to quote statistics without recognizing their sources and limitations. It leads to inaccurate perceptions of reality.
The inaccurate perception is pretending like any amount of political will should be expended on barring trans people from school sports regardless of how many there are.
Congrats on your personal experience it does not change the fact that this is fucking stupid. Fencing is not an NCAA sport you're just doing agitprop for fascists by implying that a fencing club is the same as a sanctioned competitive sport jesus fucking christ. You also are not speaking for all trans people by pointing out your experience of being overrepresented in YOUR school fencing club that is not subject to oversight by the governing sports body FIFTEEN YEARS AGO.
I'm quoting the person in charge of the organization and youre quoting a personal anecdote that is fifteen years old. Who is skewing perception of the current state of collegiate athletics?