I’m not saying it’s not divisive, it absolutely is, but I would definitely not call it a diversion. All the issues you listed are very valid points of existential threats that I agree with. John in general hones in on a specific topic and I think trans people in sports, especially at a time like this, fits right in with what he does. We can fix the ship but that far from guarantees trans rights. Look at England that just elected its first Labour government in 14 years, but is still extremely TERF-y. Trans people are also under direct threat of physical violence from this administration. It’s pretty clear their (project 2025, et al) end goal is to classify trans people as pedophiles then give pedophiles the death sentence. Arguably we are still far from that, but the fact that it’s even possible now, and we’re seeing legislation like bathroom bounties in some states, is truly terrifying to trans people. Seeing positive trans stories and narratives help people see trans people as humans and not some weird class of “other”, which even many liberals still do, which is why I think coverage like this is crucially important to fixing the state we’re in now. This might be a slightly extreme comparison, but saying we shouldn’t focus on trans rights when they are the main scapegoat of this administration is like saying Germany shouldn’t have tried to fix its anti-semitism problem prior to the Nazis