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Send This John Oliver Segment to Anyone Still Confused About Trans Athletes

It's the most thoughtful, fact-based explanation you'll find about what's really happening in women's sports

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Parker Molloy
Apr 08, 2025
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This weekend, John Oliver did something surprisingly rare in mainstream media: he dedicated 42 minutes to a thoughtful, well-researched segment on transgender athletes in sports that cut through the hysteria and political opportunism dominating this conversation.

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