Several players from the United States women’s national team wore athletic tape on their wrists with “Protect Trans Kids” written on it during their SheBelieves Cup game against Iceland on Wednesday.
The wristbands, worn during Wednesday’s game in Frisco, Texas, were a protest against a letter Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. In the letter, Abbott wrote that employees and licensed professionals should report transgender children and their parents to state authorities to investigate gender-confirming care as child abuse.
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Lyon forward Catarina Macario showed her wrist to the camera after scoring her second goal at the end of the first half.
“With the platform we have, we really wanted to show why this team is different and why we do things that are much bigger than just the game,”…
