Fox News has aired 126 segments on trans student-athletes. They could only find nine nationwide. [View all]

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Fox News has spent the past year warning viewers about the non-existent “dangers” of transgender student-athletes. The channel has spent more time on the topic in just the first months of this year than it did in the past two years combined.

With 126 segments on the topic since 2019, the channel was only able to reference nine athletes from around the nation – and more than a third of those segments were about two former high school students who haven’t competed in years. None of the athletes dominated their sport.

The channel has aired 72 discussions about trans-student athletes since January 1. None of them framed transgender people in a positive light. Anchors, hosts, and guests also referenced the topic another 58 times according to the watchdog group Media Matters.

The two girls mentioned most often – Andraya Yearwood and Terry Miller, who are both Black trans runners from Connecticut – were targeted by the religious right and the anti-LGBTQ hate group Alliance Defending Freedom. A group of parents filed a court case seeking to prevent them from competing; the case was dismissed.

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