This 14-year-old teen athlete is like any other kid. She just wants to play.

14 year-old Rebekah
Photo: Human Rights Campaign/Screenshot

Rebekah is just trying to be a typical teenager – enjoying her youth and having fun with her friends and family. But she, like several other trans people across the country, is busy having to advocate for herself and others as conservatives try to pass anti-trans legislation.

While they are limiting trans people’s access to healthcare, classrooms, and public facilities, a go-to for lawmakers looking to join the anti-trans bandwagon has been to try to ban trans girls from school sports. Rebekah, her mom, and her friends explain how this could affect them.

Related: This ad airing during the NCAA tournament names & shames lawmakers pushing anti-trans laws

The sit-down is featured in the latest spot by the Human Rights Campaign.

“There’s so much deliberate misinformation circulating out in the world about what it means to be a trans kid playing sports. Rebekah’s story is a story that more people need to hear,” the advocacy organization stated with the video’s release.

“She’s a big sister, an eager student, and she loves…

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