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# Report: Fox News airs record number of segments on trans athletes in 2021
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/report-fox-news-airs-record-number-of-segments-on-trans-athletes-in-2021/
- Published: 2021-05-06T10:11:53.000Z
- Updated: 2021-05-06T10:11:53.000Z
- Description: Media Matters For America found Fox News has aired more segments on trans athletes in 2021 than it has done in the past two years.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, Sport, Arkansas, Florida, LGBTQ, Media Matters for America, Mississippi, Tennessee, Trans athletes, Transgender, US, West Virginia

![](https://www.gscene.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/media-matters-for-america-600-.jpg)

Media watchdog group, **[Media Matters For America](https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-news-has-aired-more-segments-trans-athletes-so-far-2021-it-did-last-two-years-combined?ref=scenemag.co.uk)** (MMFA), found *Fox News* has aired more segments on trans athletes in 2021 than it has done in the past two years, as a wave of anti-trans bills sweep across the **US**. 126 segments discussing trans athletes have been aired from January 2019 – March 2021, 72 of which took place in the first three months of this year. Throughout all segments, only 9 trans athletes were referenced, none of whom were dominating their field.

![](https://www.gscene.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/trans-athletes-rights1-600-400.jpg)

The two trans athletes mentioned most often – **Andraya Yearwood** and **Terry Miller** from **Connecticut** – were targeted by anti-LGBTQ+ hate group Alliance Defending Freedom, and a group of parents which filed a court case seeking to prevent them from competing. In response to the findings, MMFA said: *“Fox’s obsessive coverage of trans athletes illustrates how anti-LGBTQ+ ideologies are spread through a predictable pipeline, in which anti-LGBTQ+ groups can push an agenda that is picked up by right-wing media and finally proposed as harmful policies by conservative lawmakers.”*

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/trans_student_athlete_600.png)

In 2021 alone, over 30 US states have proposed anti-trans regulations, the majority of which target young trans athletes. **[Mississippi](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/mississippi-officially-bars-trans-athletes-from-school-sports/), [Arkansas](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/arkansas-officially-bans-trans-inclusion-in-school-sports/), Tennessee** and **[West Virginia](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/west-virginia-progresses-anti-trans-bill/)** have all passed such laws this year, with **Florida** expected to follow shortly. While Title IX prohibits discrimination against LGBTQ+ school students, a [2021 study](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/9-in-10-us-colleges-lack-protections-for-trans-athletes/) found 92% of national athletics departments lack comprehensive policies to protect trans people. Out of 357 US schools that play in Division 1 sports, only 10 achieved a perfect score of 100 on LGBTQ+ inclusion