Buttigieg: Approach to transgender rights ‘starts with compassion’

Pete Buttigieg Weighs In On ‘Fairness’ Of Transgender Kids Playing Girls’ Sports

The Advocate reports that former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg offered one of the most carefully worded responses yet to the debate over transgender youth participation in sports on Monday morning in an NPR interview. Read more at the Advocate

Buttigieg: Approach to transgender rights ‘starts with compassion’

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Democrats should approach transgender rights, including eligibility requirements for trans athletes, “with compassion” during an interview aired early Monday with NPR’s “Morning Edition.”  Buttigieg, who confirmed in May that he is weighing a bid for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination after passing on a Senate run in Michigan, was asked about…

Pete Buttigieg weighs in on ‘fairness’ of transgender kids playing girls’ sports

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg offered one of the most carefully worded responses yet to the debate over transgender youth participation in sports on Monday morning in an NPR interview.Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter.“The approach starts with compassion,” Buttigieg, who is gay, told Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep. “Compassion for transgender people, compassion f…

What Buttigieg Thinks About Trans Youth in Sports

Buttigieg recently sat down with Steve Inskeep on NPR’s Morning Edition—and what he had to say about young transgender athletes in sports.