(pensive music)
(pensive music continues)
(pensive music continues)
(pensive music continues)
(pensive music continues)
(pensive music continues)
(door squeaking)
(pensive music continues)
- Tell me not now,
not now, not now.
Not now, please, not now.
Hurry up, Lindsay.
- Coming!
(zipper zipping)
- Do you have the tickets?
(zippers zipping)
Tickets?
- I don't need a ticket.
Check your wallet?
- It wouldn't be in my
wallet 'cause I already.
Darn, kid.
Okay.
Are you ready?
- Are you ready?
- That's a good question.
All right, dab it up.
(uptempo music)
(hands clapping)
All right.
- Okay.
- Let's go do this.
- Come on, we're gonna be late.
- Keep this so you
can come in and out
during the competition.
- Okay, thank you.
- You're welcome.
- Hi.
- Hello.
(Steve speaking faintly)
(upbeat tempo music continues)
- Keep this so you can come
in and out during competition.
- Thank you.
- Now, are you competing?
- Yes, ma'am.
- Okay.
- Name.
- Lindsay McCabe.
- Oh, I've heard of you.
(glass knocking)
All right, good luck.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- Thank you.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- All right, ladies,
everybody tell your parents
about the pizza party
after the award ceremony?
I need a count, so we're good?
- Yeah.
- All right.
Bring it in a little bit.
Our practice time
starts in two minutes.
Looks like they move
the freestyles up first,
so not a big deal,
we just get in the water and
do what we do, no pressure.
I don't have to
tell a lot of you
how important this race
is, this whole competition.
Stay in your breathing patterns.
Stay focused and never
confuse movement with what?
- Action.
- Thank you.
- All right, let's
bow our heads.
Lord, please keep
these girls safe.
Bless them as they
strive to honor You
in everything they do, amen.
All right, everybody
hit the water.
Lindsay, give me a minute.
All right, all your hard
work comes down to this.
- Gee, no pressure.
Thanks, coach.
- No pressure, just go
do what you do, win,
and let's move on to regionals.
- Okay.
- All right.
See you in a minute.
Yeah, go swim.
- Your mom would
be so proud of you.
Just do your best,
honey, I love you.
- Okay.
- Dab it up.
- Yep.
(hands clapping)
- I love you, sweetie.
Okay, get 'em.
- She's got this.
- You nervous?
- No, I'm not nervous,
another swim meet.
She'll win.
- Some of these girls look fast.
- Yeah, they're fast, but she's
already beaten most of 'em.
It's not a big deal.
Scouts here today,
just a couple.
We go to regionals,
it'll be packed.
- No, no, I'm fine.
- You don't look fine, Steve.
- I'm not.
("The Star-Spangled Banner")
(patriotic music)
(intense music)
(heartbeat thumping)
- [Race Starter] On your mark.
Go!
(water gurgling)
(crowd cheering)
(water gurgling)
(crowd cheering continues)
(water splashing)
(crowd cheering continues)
(water splashing)
(crowd cheering continues)
- [Official] Lindsay McCabe.
(crowd cheering continues)
- Come on, it's okay.
- Who was that girl?
- There are lots of
swim meets, it's okay.
- Is that a boy?
You okay, sweetie?
- Yeah, I didn't see her coming.
I've never, I've never,
I've never seen
that girl before.
Do you know who she is?
- [Steve] You did great.
("The Star-Spangled Banner")
(patriotic music)
(swimmers chattering)
(pensive music)
(lock clattering)
(pensive music continues)
- What if she's a boy?
- It's just not fair.
- [Coach] Girls.
- We don't wanna be here.
This whole thing was rigged.
- We're staying and
we're gonna be respectful
of the decisions and we're
gonna hold our heads up high.
- [Swimmer] That she's a he?
That's the reason he won.
That doesn't make it fair.
- Life isn't fair.
We can change it, deal with it.
Most of all right now we're
gonna do the right thing.
Let's get some pizza,
let's have a party.
- [Donna] All right,
everybody hungry.
- Yes.
- Okay.
Here, take this.
All right, enjoy.
Here y'all go here.
Just pass it on.
I am so sorry about that race.
It is absolutely devastating
where this whole sport is going.
- How so?
- He's a boy.
The girls had to run out
of their own locker room.
- Excuse me, do
you have a minute?
- Sure thing,
Steve, what you got?
- That was a boy.
That was a boy who beat Lindsay.
- I know.
- What do you mean you know?
- He's transgender.
- He's what?
- He is a she and they're
allowed to compete.
- And they're allowed to be
in the locker room with girls?
With my daughter? My Lindsay?
This is ridiculous.
So what you're telling me is,
my daughter's not
going to regionals
because some boy
put on a one piece
and disguised himself as a girl.
- Look, I knew this day
would come and it did.
I'm sorry, I know you're upset.
It's just the way things
are in this world.
- Dad, can we go home?
- Yeah, let's go home.
Thanks.
- Sorry, Steve.
- Oh, my backpack.
- Thank you for the race.
(pensive music)
(crowd cheering in background)
- What do you think?
What should we do?
I don't know, this
sucks pretty bad.
You're telling me.
- Oh my gosh.
What even is this?
This is crazy.
- Almost done with the computer?
- Oh, I'm sorry, I was
just looking some stuff up.
Transgender in sports.
Is that what you
wanted to look up?
Yeah.
Here, look what I found.
It's already ill*gal
in 10 states.
- So if I wanna
swim scholarship,
we need to move to
one of these states.
- Almost all of 'em
started with a lawsuit.
- Lawsuit?
- I wanna sue them.
- Sue who?
- The California
Swimming Association,
the United States Swim Council.
- Dad.
- Sue the venue
that held the
competition, if I have to.
Lindsay, this just
isn't about you.
All right, this is...
I read about, in Texas, there
was a lifelong cheerleader.
Wasn't allowed to be on the team
'cause some boy
wanted to be on it.
It was a, Michigan, I
think a volleyball player,
she got her her
nose, her face broken
because a boy spiked the
ball right at her face.
Some power lifter somewhere
outlifed all the women
by like 200 pounds.
And soccer, you got boys
crippling girls on the field.
You missed out on an
opportunity today, Lindsay,
a college opportunity.
This transgender is
getting outta hand.
They shouldn't be
competing with girls.
That's the bottom line.
And it's that simple too.
God made man, God made woman.
- I think it's a lot more
complicated than that.
- No, it's not.
God made man, God made woman
and all of this other nonsense
is just outta control.
I mean, now it's
affecting us, Lindsay,
now it's affecting you.
- Okay, just don't
stay up too late.
- Okay, sweetheart.
(traffic humming)
Well, you see, my daughter
is part of a swim team
and last weekend she
swam at districts.
Districts leads to regionals,
regionals leads to
college scholarships.
Now, my daughter was
heavily favored to win,
but one of the other
teams raced a boy,
a transgender boy, and he won.
He won by a lot.
Now this was supposed to be
an all-female competition.
- Title IX.
- Yeah, but that can be changed.
He was in my
daughter's locker room.
No person should be excluded
from government-funded
school activities
on the basis of sex.
No person, the law is
unambiguously clear.
- Yeah, but-
- Not to mention,
the government,
through the courts, are
eliminating all the due process
for any of this to be argued.
- What do you mean?
- They're enforcing, compelling
the schools to adhere,
not to mention the
personal attacks.
Say I represent you
and your daughter.
We'd lose, and along the
journey, you, me, your daughter,
and my law firm
would be penalized.
- So you're scared.
- (chuckling) Mr.
McCabe, are you living
in the same America
I'm living in?
- Evidently not.
Thank you for your time.
(intense music)
(intense music continues)
(pensive music)
(pensive music continues)
- Can I help you?
- I heard the bells.
- If I had a nickel.
- My daughter lost to
a boy in the swim race.
A boy dressed like a girl.
- What do you think
of that, Pastor?
- Genesis 1:27, God created
man, God created woman.
God created both of them
equally, but not identical.
- I believe that.
- You don't have to believe it.
It's just fact.
I don't keep up much
with the movement.
I see it more and more.
I believe that the people
pushing this agenda
are trying really hard
to create confusion.
Every other day they
come up with a new gender
and everything that we
know is being redefined.
Heck, nowadays, people can't
even explain what a woman is.
God is not a God of confusion.
His plan is simple.
- That's what I'm working on.
I wanna change it.
I feel like I've talked with
every lawyer in the city
trying to build a
case against all that.
- This is very noble, but why?
- Well, I don't think
our country could survive
if we rewrite everything
that we know to be true.
- I have a friend
that's an attorney.
It's a bit different, but I
think he might be the guy.
(pensive music continues)
Give him a call, he might help.
- Thank you.
(pensive music continues)
- You don't have to hear
the bells to come back.
- Hello?
- Ruby!
- Hello?
Hello?
- Ruby!
I'm in the Simpson file,
I can't...
- Hello.
- You're not Ruby.
- No.
I'm Steve McCabe.
I got your information
from the pastor,
the church on Sutter Avenue.
- Oh.
Well, what do you want?
- Well, I wanna make it
ill*gal for transgender boys
to compete against
girls in sports.
- Why would you wanna do that?
- Well, because my daughter was-
- (chuckling) She lost
a race or something
to one of those guys?
Girls. Wait, whatever.
- Yeah.
- Smoked her good? (chuckling)
Phew. Yeah?
- Yeah.
- Is it that kid's fault?
I mean, do you wanna sue him or?
- Well, yes, I think so.
- You think so.
Okay, yeah.
- Okay.
- Okay, so, was he doping?
- I'm sorry?
- Blood doping, was
he blood doping?
Advantage drugs.
- I don't know.
- Huh. You ever wonder how
when an athlete overachieves,
we start talking
about blood doping,
like advantage
drugs in the body,
steroids and stuff like that,
when really we could
just do one test
for the XX or the XY chromosome
'cause no matter how
much makeup you put on,
you could just test
for that chromosome
and you know you
have an advantage.
- Right, yes.
- Right? Yeah.
- That's the argument?
- What? No.
No, I was just spitballing.
Is this a track
and field thing or?
- [Steve] No, swimming.
- Ah.
Why is this so important to you?
- Well, if she wins, she
goes to regionals and-
- Where the college scouts are.
- Yeah, that's right.
- Do you have any money?
- No, that's why we
wanted the scholarship.
- Right, right. (laughing)
Yeah. Huh.
This mom sent me a
pamphlet the other day
called "The Genderbread Person."
Her 8-year-old brought it home
from school and it's here.
Are you sure you didn't see Ruby
because she's the one
who helps me find.
Ah! Here it is. (laughing)
Right here on top, I
knew right where it was.
Genderbread person.
This says gender is
not just boy or girl.
In many cases, it's both.
Or little bit of this,
little dash of that.
Do you ever feel like a woman?
- Never.
- Me neither.
But when an 8-year-old
girl brings this home,
hears that she's a bit of
this and a dash of that, well,
that's how we got here.
Yeah, okay, I'll take the case.
(Steve laughing)
What's the name of
this association
that put this whole
thing together?
- The California
Swimming Association.
- California, okay, I'm
gonna need your daughter
and you to give me all
the registration forms
and other documents
that you had to fill out
to enter this thing.
- I will, I will.
- Okay, we'll file a complaint
and then go from there.
- Great, thank you.
- Yeah.
- Thank you.
- Can you just look for
Ruby on your way out?
She gets lost.
- Okay, okay.
- Great. Oh! Ah! Ruby! Ruby!
Paper towels, go!
- Ruby?
- I think this is important.
Ah.
(gentle music)
- Hello, Lindsay.
- What's up, Dad?
- [Steve] Found us a lawyer.
- For what?
- For the meet.
Boys competing against
girls is wrong.
- How are we gonna
afford that though?
- I think he's free.
- You think, or you know?
- Why are you not at practice?
- Just decided to take
some time off, you know?
- Linds.
- You always told me I
could quit anytime I want,
so that's on you.
- Rub that in.
Okay look, we'll go to the
schools, we'll try out.
- You know, I wanted to see
you at a real competition, Dad.
That's not gonna work.
- Your old man's
gonna figure this out,
but first the fridge.
- You're so weird.
(gentle music continues)
(crowd cheering in background)
(gentle music continues)
(lockers doors clunking)
- [Announcer] Lindsay
MacCabe. Lindsay McCabe.
Lindsay McCabe, please
come to the office.
(students chattering)
- Hi Lindsay, thanks
for coming down.
This gentleman is with
the Board of Education.
He's an attorney.
He just has a few questions.
- Have a seat.
Got a strange request
from an attorney
on your school records and
your athletic achievements.
More importantly,
any and all documents
regarding the California
Swimming Association
and last week's
district swim meet.
Why are we getting those?
- I don't know.
- Is your dad filing a
lawsuit against the school
or the coach or me?
- No.
Well, he is talking
to an attorney,
but he'd never go after
the school or coach.
- So what is he doing?
- He's upset about
the competition.
About the transgender girl.
- The what?
- They raced a transgender
in Lindsay's 100
meter freestyle.
He won.
In fact, he won
every race he was in.
- Very well.
Lindsay, that'll
be all, thank you.
- Am I in trouble?
- No. Go back to class.
- Well, school has a strict
policy to support inclusion.
Provide resources
for every student,
no matter what their gender.
- That's gotta be
getting harder now,
there's over 100 genders.
Have you walked these halls?
This is the new thing.
It's popular.
Boys dressing like girls,
girls dressing like boys.
I have a fictional
movie character
in my 11th grade gym class
and I have to
treat her that way.
These are mental disorders.
You should be discussing
treatments and prevention.
- Why don't you allow
academia to handle this
and you just stick to sports.
- There isn't gonna
be a sports program
if your academia cowardly
allows this nonsense.
I've been coaching
sports for over 15 years.
Your new inclusion policy
is gonna k*ll this.
(pensive music)
(pensive music continues)
(pensive music continues)
(water splashing)
(pensive music continues)
(pensive music continues)
- [Lindsay] Hey.
- Oh, hi.
- Got any sleep?
- I don't remember.
- [Lindsay] Oh,
you can use this.
- Thank you so much.
I think my brain's
gonna fall out.
- Ah, yes sir.
We just have to
get past tomorrow.
- And what are our chances?
- You know we don't have one.
And most cases that
are presented like
this get dismissed.
They don't even make
it to trial, so.
- Hi, honey.
- Hey.
- How was practice?
- It was good.
- You must be Lindsay.
- Nice to meet you.
- And you are?
- Oh, Jimmy Mudrick.
Lindsay's high
school swim coach.
- Oh.
- Well, I was a high
school swim coach.
I'm under review.
- Because of all this?
- I think so.
- Huh.
Well, that may be a pork
of a different chop,
but I also do employment
law, so I'll make a call.
Well, Ruby'll make a call.
I don't even know how
to use that new phone.
- She thanked me.
- [Steve] What's that, honey?
- After the race
at the pizza thing,
she thanked me for
being kind to her.
She was so nice.
- Well, I'm sure she, he was.
Sweet girl.
We are not going to attack him
or his feelings
that he's a woman.
We only hope to present
a compelling argument
that men should not be
competing against women.
That's our only focus.
Why don't we have a seat.
We'll get some takeout.
I got a lot of questions for ya.
Ruby, can you order
a couple of pizzas?
(dramatic music)
(dramatic music continues)
- [Speaker] Alex, (indistinct).
Where's your mom?
- [Speaker] Where's
your mom, Alex?
Alex.
(dramatic music continues)
- [Bailiff] All rise.
(dramatic music continues)
- Be seated.
Are we gonna have any witnesses?
(people chattering)
(gavel banging)
Order! Order! Order!
I want everyone removed
from the chamber.
Everyone from the gallery out.
Officer, everyone out.
- Get out! Get out!
- Get outta here!
- [Officer] Everybody out.
- All right, the rest be seated.
Let's try this again.
Are we gonna have any witnesses?
- We'd like to keep that
door open, Your Honor.
- Agreed.
- All right, have
your witnesses stand
and raise the right hands.
Do you swear to tell the
truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the
truth, so help you God?
- I do.
- I do.
- Very well, be seated.
All right, I've
read the complaint
and I have read the
defense's response.
This is a preliminary hearing
to validate the merits
of the case for
a possible trial.
And Mr. Stowe, of your
many arguments here,
two questions for you.
Line 124.
You state that the California
Swimming Association
allowing transgender
athletes to compete
in this sporting event
makes the event unsafe.
How so?
- Thank you, Your Honor.
Physical and sexual abuse
has risen 34% in high schools
where we see gender crossover
in neutral locker rooms.
Allowing trans athletes
incites violence.
- Well, isn't that just
calling the kettle black?
Your Honor, transgender
athletes are just that,
they are athletes
and they have every
right under Title IX
to participate in any
sports that they choose as-
- Okay, okay, okay, okay,
we can do all that stuff
in front of the cameras.
Right now I want to
know if your client,
or your clients, have
any safety concerns.
- I'm not real sure which
safety concerns Mr. Stowe
is talking about.
We know that one in every
two transgender people
are sexually abused or
assaulted in their lifetime.
The abuse is on our side.
- Well, I disagree, which
she doesn't care about,
but more importantly,
the data disagrees.
Now allowing biological boys
to share a locker room bathroom
space with biological girls,
it's grooming predators.
Not me, but...
I know those are harsh words,
but look at Loudoun County,
Virginia, Your Honor.
Tulsa, Oklahoma,
Irvine, California.
We're opening a dangerous door.
- We have witnesses that will
refute these allegations.
- Yeah, I'm sure you do.
- Your Honor-
- Now, I'm moving
on, okay, look.
On line 256,
you referenced testing
of athletes that compete.
- For the last 30 years,
we've tested athletes
for testosterone, hormone
therapy, blockers.
Now, a male athlete would
clearly have an advantage,
but if we could test for blood,
why can't we test for
XX and XY chromosomes?
That would clearly show
male is physiologically
more advantageous in
almost every case,
so any competition
between the sexes
would fairly be impossible.
- We have expert witnesses
that will testify
that there are no
athletic advantages
as a result of chromosomes,
and furthermore, sex chromatin
testing is outrageous.
- I guess you'll have an
expert witness for that too?
- Oh, we do, but
with all due respect,
Title IX is the law of the land
and that law protects
all transgender athletes
in school sports.
- Last word from you, Mr. Stowe.
There is a
fundamental difference
in male and female athletes.
Now, hence the
reason you don't see
any women transitioning and
competing in men's athletics.
Now, if a boy
decides to be a girl,
play a sport and win
everything in sight,
including maybe scholarships
or endorsements,
well, that's cheating.
- Let's take five minutes.
Court is in recess.
(gavel pounding)
- [Bailiff] All rise.
(gentle music)
- You all right, sweetie?
- Yeah.
I could use water though,
or pop or something.
- There's a vending machine
right down the hall.
- Do you have any cash anything?
- I do.
There you go.
- Thanks.
- Is that the ticket
to the competition?
- Yeah.
- May I?
- Sure.
(gentle music continues)
- I'm sorry.
I never wanted any of this.
- You don't have to be sorry.
It's my dad that
filed the lawsuit.
I'm sorry.
- At least your
dad supports you.
You see my, dad...
- I'm sorry about that too.
Can I ask you something?
And whatever you say,
I'm gonna accept it.
Are you a girl or a boy?
- I'm a girl, at least,
always felt that way.
- Okay.
(gentle music continues)
(people chattering)
- [Bailiff] All rise.
- Be seated.
This is a controversial issue.
On one side, I see the concerns,
and I see a young lady here
that may have a valid complaint.
On the other side, I respect
Title IX as it reads,
but I do have concerns to
whether those protections
are clearly defined.
The defense has mentioned
that they have several
expert witnesses.
I would assume that
you have the same.
- Yes, Your Honor.
- So if we were to have a trial,
and I would assume a jury trial,
different opinions
from different experts,
so for me to push this
case forward to trial,
I would need more.
Do you have any new
evidence to present
before I make my ruling?
- Yes.
Yes, Your Honor.
God is relevant
in this courtroom.
All of our witnesses swore
to tell the truth before God.
Now, I am holding a ticket.
This is the very same
ticket that my client used
to get into this
swimming competition.
Now, clearly on the back,
this ticket states no refunds
except for acts of God.
(Attorney Janet clearing throat)
All three of the
registration documents
that were filled out
for this competition
made similar statements
referencing God.
Now, an act of God, in fact,
is what we are all
here to discuss.
God, the Creator of man,
God the Creator of women.
I say that we look at
what God says about gender
and the difference
between man and woman.
- This is ridiculous.
Is God going to be one
of your expert witnesses?
- Well, gosh, why not Janet?
- Well, it's men's.
- You know the difference.
- Oh, Jesus.
- Exactly, that's
who we should ask.
- All right, order,
order, order, order.
- It's creative.
Let me see that ticket.
- Yes, Your Honor.
- Bring it up. Approach.
It says it right here.
This is your ticket, young lady?
I'm gonna allow it.
Let's pick a trial date.
- I object.
Your Honor, this is ridiculous.
- You've already
said that, overruled.
My schedule is free
for the next few weeks
so let's do this quickly.
Jury selection starts next week.
Bailiff.
(all chattering)
(people clapping)
(bright music)
- God, I can't believe
this, this is unbelievable.
- I know, I know.
- What are we gonna
do? This is crazy.
- Let's talk about it.
- In a surprise ruling,
Federal Judge Ernest Franks
is permitting to trial
the very first and very
controversial issue
of allowing transgenders
to participate in
school athletics.
The case of McCabe
versus the California
Swimmers Association
states that a female
high school senior
was wrongly defeated
in a swim race
against a transgender female.
The preliminary
arguments got fierce
and it wasn't until
a surprise move
by Attorney Caleb Stowe,
referencing the
significance of God
in the legal paperwork
of the competition,
and significance God has in
the creation of man and woman,
that Judge Franks advanced
the case to trial.
The trial is expected
to start in a few days.
Members of the
media are calling it
"The Miracle on 34th
Street" for women's sports.
(bright music)
(bright music continues)
(bright music continues)
- Ruby!
(horns honking)
- It's incredibly important
we actually win this case.
Absolutely, it's for all of us.
(people chattering)
- [Bailiff] All rise.
- Well, good morning.
Please be seated.
Now, before we
bring in the jury,
does anyone have anything
they need to bring
before this court?
- Does it matter?
- That's not gonna work here.
Okay, you may disagree with me,
and you're welcome to appeal,
but I will not have you
disrespect this court.
Are we clear?
- Yes, sir.
- Bring in the jury.
(people chattering)
Juror may be seated.
Welcome.
Opening statements.
- Oh, thank you, Your Honor.
I'll be brief.
Yes.
Now, the defense is going
to put up all these experts
and they're gonna use words
like biphobia, non-binary,
gender fluid, gender dysphoria,
even gender non-conforming.
And then now this is the
same rhetoric that was used
to create, oh, let's
see, 187 new genders
that miraculously appeared
in the vocabulary.
For an average person like
me and like you, I mean,
there's two genders,
male and female.
It's just, that's what we've
had from the beginning, right?
So God created
humankind in His image.
The image of God, He created
them, male and female,
He created them.
That's it.
And He created them different.
Now folks, it's a
denial of science
and shows complete
disregard for fairness
to say that a male
identifying as a female
is the same as a
biological female.
Now, that's just common sense.
So-
- Now it also says in this book
that after God
created man and woman,
he also created a rainbow,
a full spectrum of color.
This, this is when we
celebrate transgender.
Yes, we are all different
and that was God's plan.
And other than creation,
there's not much more
mentioned in here.
(Bible thudding)
- Rebuttal, Your Honor?
That was my Bible.
It's not yours.
"He created them, male
and female," Genesis 5:2.
"Jesus said, 'But from
the beginning of creation,
God made them male and
female,'" Mark 10:6.
"Jesus said again, 'Have
you not read that He
who made them at the beginning
made them male and female?'"
Matthew 19:4.
- Your Honor, all due respect,
but the only precedence
for cases of this nature
have been nonsense.
Chambers versus God, 2005.
Tanzi versus God, 1969.
- Tanzi won by
default, Your Honor.
- Because God couldn't
appear to testify.
- Well, Judge, we're not
suggesting an appearance.
I mean, unless you want to.
- Oh.
- Okay, we're simply
connecting God's authority
in the case of
government-related
rules such as Title IX.
If Ms. Peters was being paid
cash, she would clearly see
that the bills reflect
"In God We Trust."
One, our nation's pledge
includes "One nation under God."
I mean, I could go on
all day, Your Honor,
I've got some others.
- Please don't.
- Yeah, I'd prefer you
call your first witness
before opening statements
run into lunch.
- As God is my witness, I will.
(bright music)
- According to our research,
5% of teens identify
as transgender or non-binary.
That's over two
million young adults.
- There are dozens of
physiological differences
that we cannot ignore anymore.
It's not right.
- So you're saying it's
the parents' fault?
- Well, yes, parents are
responsible to teach their kids
and to protect them,
but when the schools
have required reading
for these elementary-age
children like gender fairies,
and it's about two children
who are transgenders
and they're talking to their
friends and trying to make them
or encourage them
to change gender,
yeah, and that's
not the only books.
Now, there's a
couple of more that,
how about "I'm not
a girl," come on.
- Give me a break.
So now the books are forcing
our kids to change their sex.
- Well, yeah, they are.
- Okay.
- It's insane.
These kids mention
religion or basic biology,
they're declared
bigots or transphobic.
They can't defend themselves.
- Women's sports should
not be the destination
for failed male athletes.
- Thank you.
- Your witness.
- I've got nothing for
this witness, Your Honor.
- Okay, well with that in
mind, I say we end for the day.
The court is in recess.
(gavel banging)
Please excuse the jury.
- Wonderful.
Tell you what, let's
go out the back.
The media and a few protesters
are blocking the courthouse.
Follow me.
(people chattering)
(pensive music)
- [Alex] Excuse me.
(pensive music continues)
(pensive music continues)
- What a day.
(pensive music continues)
(pensive music continues)
What do you think?
(pensive music continues)
(phone ringing)
(Legos clicking)
(phone tone beeping)
- Hello?
- Hello?
- Is this Lindsay?
- Yeah.
- How do you think today went?
- I mean, how do you think?
It's horrible.
- I know.
Do you hate me?
- No, I don't even know you.
I just wish none of
this was happening.
- I never wanted
to ruin your life,
the scholarship and all.
- You're not ruining my life.
I just don't wanna
see this ruin yours.
- It already has.
- My dad always says like,
if something's not working,
like we can fix it,
like there's always hope.
We just have to figure
out how to find it.
Listen, I have to go.
- Can I call you sometime?
- Sure.
Why?
- I think you're a good person
and I just like to
talk to someone.
(pensive music continues)
- Well, what do you
wanna talk about?
(children laughing)
(people chattering)
- [Speaker] I'm leaving you.
(dramatic music)
- Good morning.
Could you state your name
and your occupation please?
- Yes, I am Brian Compton.
I am the Athletic Director
of the State of California.
- And what does that job entail?
- I oversee the sanctioned
athletic activities
for high school
students for the state.
I settle disputes and I
enforce existing rules.
- Well, that sounds like
a big job considering
that you probably have
thousands of athletes.
- It is, and it's well
into the tens of thousands.
It can be quite a
bit of a juggle,
but it is an absolute
labor of love.
- You mentioned that
you settle disputes.
Are you the deciding factor
in cases like the one
that we're dealing
with here now?
- No, sir. I am merely a
messenger for decisions
that are handed
down by the board.
- Ah, so the board makes the
rules and settles the disputes?
- That is correct, sir.
- Let's move on.
In your seven years as
director of the state,
have there been any records
broken in any of the sports?
- There is a new record that
is formed every single year
across the entire
spectrum of sports.
- Track?
- Yes.
- Weightlifting?
- Yes.
- Swimming
- Absolutely.
- In track and field,
what is the current record
for the 100 meter sprint?
- I don't know that
off the top of my head.
- Oh, what is the record
for the 4x4 100 relay?
- Again, I don't know that
off the top of my head.
- How could you find
that information?
- It's available on
the city's website.
- Ah, glad you mentioned it.
Is this it?
- That looks like it, yes, sir.
- I'd like this entered
into the record, Your Honor.
Back to my question.
What is the current record
for the 100 meter sprint?
- 9.96 seconds.
- Okay, is that a boy's record?
- It is. 11.39 seconds
is the girls' record.
- That's a pretty big
difference in fast time,
wouldn't you say?
Do you know the ranking
of the boy's swimmer
when his time is
approximately equal
to the fastest
female in the state?
I'll save you the trouble.
I got it.
It's the 31st.
The 31st fastest male
swimmer is the same speed
as the female who won the state.
She holds state record.
Now, do you know where
Lindsay was ranked?
I'll tell you.
She's consistently
in the top 10,
and on her best time,
she is one second off
of the state record.
- One second is a
long time in swimming.
- It is even longer when someone
with all the physical advantages
of the 31st ranked swimmer
is competing for a spot
in the regional finals.
Would you say that
a 31st ranked male
would have a chance
at a scholarship?
- Probably not.
- Even though like Lindsay,
he's been competitively
swimming for years,
and then in his senior
year he chose to swim
when he could actually
win for a change.
- Ooh.
- Objection.
- [Judge] On what grounds?
- He is purposely
misgendering someone
who is merely a victim of
a prejudiced worldview.
- I'm merely stating
the facts, Your Honor.
- There is no legal precedent
for admonishing somebody
for misgendering, okay?
Let's just be respectful.
- Thank you, Your Honor.
I'm finished with this witness.
- Thank you, ma'am.
- Okay, that's enough.
I'm not gonna be the
pronoun judge, okay?
- Ah, pronouns didn't stop Alex
from putting on a
women's swimsuit.
- Objection.
- Counselors.
Both of you approach.
Counselors, I'm not running
a circus or a free-for-all.
I will not have this overruled
because I didn't inject
judicial discipline
in these proceedings.
So either state your
cases professionally,
or enjoy some sanctions.
Are we clear?
Thank you.
- Mr. Compton, is Alex a
bigger athlete than Lindsay?
- Of course he's
a lot bigger than.
He, I mean she...
- Oh.
- Sometimes you have
players that are 6' tall
and you have guys who are 5'3".
Sometimes you have women
who are like Amazons,
you know, they're 6' tall
and they're playing basketball
and dunking on guys.
This is a complete travesty.
This is a complete road show.
I can't believe we're even
having this discussion.
Unbelievable, like seriously?
- Thank you, thank you.
No further questions.
- Redirect, Your Honor.
Mr. Compton, you mentioned
that the shot put
is a different weight
for boys and girls.
Now in golf, do they
drive from the same tees?
(intense music)
They don't, do
they, Mr. Compton?
They don't, because given
all the advance in golf clubs
and all the lessons and all the
amazing female achievements,
the tees for women, even the
pros, are closer to the hole.
And do you know why that is?
Well, of course
you do because men,
by nature, are
stronger than women.
Men can drive it farther,
no matter how much we
want to believe otherwise.
Their size and athletic ability
and work ethic that you cite
won't help women overcome that.
Thank you for your
time today, sir.
- I hate the fact that my
daughter's in this mess.
- Being forced to share
a locker room. Really?
- Those who govern the
world of sports knew
that the wrong answers
could land them in court.
- The language on a birth
certificate doesn't matter,
so if the participant
claimed to be female,
that decision would be accepted.
- Focusing on physical
advantage is irrelevant.
We shouldn't be
worrying about fairness.
This is 100% a
human rights issue.
- [Judge] The witness,
please remove the hat.
And the sunglasses.
This is a court law.
- [Attorney Stowe] Are
are we oppressing you?
- Yes. The majority of your kind
are always trying to
get off in a bunch
over giving rights to us.
You know, when black people
started being in sports,
white people were so mad,
but they got over it.
And you will too.
Love you, Alex, keep doing
what you're doing. (clapping)
- Can we keep the cheerleading
to a minimum please?
- Sure.
- My daughter
stopped practicing.
A sport she loved, she
no longer wants to do.
Is that fair?
(gavel pounding)
Court adjourn for the day.
See you tomorrow
morning, 10:00 AM.
(tense music)
- [Steve] Linds.
You okay?
- No.
- You wanna tell me about it?
- Everyone at school hates me.
The news is saying terrible
things about me and you.
Now I have 271 emails saying
that I should just k*ll myself.
(somber music)
- What do you wanna do?
- I don't know.
I just wish people could
see that it's not fair.
I mean, none of this is fair.
(somber music continues)
- I don't understand
any of this.
And I know that you don't
wanna hurt anyone's feelings
and that's very
sweet of you, honey.
I love that about you.
But facts and feelings
are different things
and God created us for
different purposes.
And as much as we wish it
could be a different way,
it just isn't.
It just isn't.
- So,
what you wanna do?
(somber music continues)
- We do what we've always done.
We pray.
We keep moving forward
and we pray and we fight.
- Wow.
You are awesome.
I love you.
(somber music continues)
- Doctor, gender identity
disorder has been classified
as a mental health disorder?
- Yes it was, but we no
longer refer to it as that.
That's an offensive terminology.
- Offensive. Who's offended?
- Transgenders, their
friends, their families.
Anyone with human empathy
is not gonna shout out
an outdated
diagnosis at someone.
- Does someone
with this diagnosis
have special needs, say medical?
- They're gonna need
hormone therapy, surgeries,
and after that,
gender affirmation,
medical care, so yes.
- Okay, so gender identity
disorder is now called...
- It was reclassified in
2012 as gender dysphoria.
- Reclassified? But
was there new research
that changed the
original diagnosis?
- Maybe reclassified as a
is a bad choice of words.
Perhaps renamed
is more accurate.
- But no new research.
- Look, the name change
removed the stigma
of the word disorder.
- Okay, but we just established
that this was a disorder.
Those suffering from
it have special needs.
- Is he going to ask a question?
- Yes.
Isn't boys wanting to be girls
and girls wanting to be boys
a mental disorder still?
I mean, they just
changed the name.
- Everybody struggles
with mental challenges.
- My secretary, Ruby,
says that I struggle
with mental challenges
all the time,
but I have no need to remove
healthy parts of my body.
- Objection.
- Overruled.
- What is the suicide
rate for this disorder?
- 13%.
- Wow, okay, I guess no
matter what you call it,
this is a serious
mental health disorder.
- Objection.
- Overruled.
- No further questions.
So you were the chief
gender affirming surgeon
at Bethel General Hospital?
- Yes.
- And this hospital is known
for performing sex changes?
- We were known as the sex
change capital of the world.
- How many did you do?
- About 200.
- And you stopped?
- I did.
- Why?
- I thought we
needed to do better,
concentrate more on
fixing the patient's mind
before altering their genitalia.
- What does that mean?
- You see, this is all new,
and when we first started
doing these things,
we didn't know the
long-term results,
and those long-term
results are devastating.
- How so?
- We recently did several
interviews on former patients
and we found that over 50%
of them are planning to,
or have already had their
sex change surgery reversed.
You see, the mental
and emotional hardships
of that are horrible.
- Well, why is this
so popular now?
- I don't know.
You know, coming
into the courthouse
today, saw a big sign.
Big letters read
"trendy to be trans."
That's part of the problem.
- Well, why is this
misinformation so prevalent?
- Politicians, the media.
They aren't doing any
favors to either the public
or the transgendered by treating
their confusions as a right.
This is a mental disorder
that deserves understanding
and treatment.
- What about prevention?
- Yes.
- Thank you.
- So as a transgender
woman, as a scientist,
as a political advocate
for equality, as a wife,
your research suggests
that young people
questioning their gender,
even as young as 17,
is perfectly healthy
in our society.
- It is.
- [Janet] Your witness.
- Last year you
said, and I quote,
"At this rate, transgender
athletes will replace
the world's most skilled
female athletes."
What did you mean by that?
- That was taken outta context.
- You cite a study?
- We did a study.
A matter of fact, the
governing body of swimming
introduced a new policy
that a male transitioning
to a female, if you go
through male puberty
past Tanner stage two,
age 12, you can't compete.
- It does, does it?
(dramatic music)
(church bells ringing)
(tense music)
(door squeaking)
(tense music continues)
- Oh.
- [Janet] Hi.
- Ms. Peters.
- Hi, please call me Janet.
- Oh, it's a pleasure.
It's nice to meet you in person.
- Thank you, you too.
- Please, have a seat.
- Thank you.
- So, how do you think
the trial's going so far?
- Oh, in a word,
I'd say nonsense.
- Hmm.
- It's not going the
way I anticipated.
And I think that it
is utter nonsense
that the judge is
taking it this far.
- I don't know what
you're expecting.
This is a small town
with small town minds.
- And yet your church is here.
- Well, I could choose to
preach in an echo chamber,
or I could come here,
do the Lord's hard work
and turn these puritan
hearts a little bit.
That's where the
real change happens.
- I can appreciate that.
I know you're busy, so
I'll just get right to it.
I always like to personally
meet with expert witnesses
to go over the nature
of their testimony,
so is it okay if I ask
you a few questions?
- Whatever you want.
- [Janet] Will you tell me a
little bit about the history
of your church, more
specifically, your denomination?
- Oh, the United Fellowship
of Metropolitan
Community Churches.
Was spun off the Methodist
back in the '60s and '70s
when one of our pastors realized
that the so-called
Christian values
weren't really including
marginalized people.
- Hmm.
- We adopted a doctrine
that would embrace
the g*y and l*sbian
parishioners of faith
and then we have become the
forefront on q*eer theology.
- Wow.
- Yeah.
- Is that how you'd say you
differ from other churches?
- Well, we have a saying.
For every sinner they cast out,
we cast our net to
keep them in faith.
- Okay. In case the other side
wants to cast aspersions
on your beliefs,
are there any similarities
between your church
and, let's say,
mainstream churches?
- Mainstream churches.
I wish they were like
mainstream media.
Thank God they're on our side.
But any similarities, I
guess we use the same Bible.
We have communion every week
and I think it's our more
inclusive congregations
messaging.
It makes us different,
better, in my belief.
- Amen.
I think that I've come to the
right place, so thank you.
- I'll help any way I can.
I'd relish any opportunity
to squash these evangelicals,
and you know, they
use situations like
this to, you know,
raise funds through hate and
divisiveness and anger's power,
and power, of course, is money,
but we are chipping away at
them at every single front,
and now, now's the
time more than ever
to keep progressives
in government,
and especially our warrior
teachers in the public schools
'cause the message
that they bring
to these young kids, while
they're away from their parents,
is what we're gonna
use to win the future
and I think we're just
one generation away.
- Wow, I agree.
Now, not that I'm
questioning it,
but will you tell
me a little bit
about your theological pedigree?
- Sure, yeah, I went to
a top divinity school.
I majored in apologetics and
went on the road for 25 years
and I will go toe to toe
if anyone that thinks
just because they go through
the motion of going to church
on Sunday and they
can read the bulletin
and that they're qualified
to debate the Word.
- Wow.
Thank you, Reverend.
I really appreciate your time
and I look forward to hearing
your conviction tomorrow.
- Appreciate you taking
the time coming in.
- Indeed.
- Nice to see you.
- You too.
(dramatic music)
- [Reporter] In
yesterday's proceedings,
the court heard from each
side's expert witnesses.
Many close to the case
agreed that the plaintiff
brought the most
compelling evidence so far.
In fact, the defendant's
own expert, Dr. Rothschild,
a transgender woman, seemed
to clearly corroborate
the physical differences between
male and female athletes.
Despite her personal
opinions, we anticipate
that today each side
will explore the
religious implications
of this case at its
central question
of the significance of God.
- Lindsay's family only
refers to you as Coach.
Is it okay if I do that as well?
- That's fine.
- Okay, Coach, how long have
you known Lindsay McKabe?
- I first met Lindsay
about 14 years ago
when she took swim
lessons from my wife.
Some kids just learned
to survive in the pool
and we knew right
away she loved water.
She moved from the
polliwogs to the fish,
and within about two years,
she was one of the fastest
little dolphins in the program.
- So you've been her
coach for a while?
- I have.
An amazing girl.
- Is Lindsay a hard worker?
- She is a very hard worker.
She never hesitates to
do more in the workouts,
swim more laps, more
conditioning runs.
She pushes hard.
- [Attorney Stowe] So,
she has a desire to win.
- Lindsay loves to win.
She's a fierce competitor.
The other thing though
is she swims with a why
the other kids don't have.
She knows that no matter
how much her dad loves her,
he can't afford to
send her to college,
so the only way to make
that dream come true
is on a swim scholarship.
She picked out a few
of her dream schools
and she pushes hard.
- Well, I know a lot
of young athletes
believe they are capable
of getting a scholarship
for their performance.
Is that possible
for Lindsay as well?
- Absolutely.
She's been one of the top
five swimmers in the district
for a long time.
At districts, if she'd been
swimming against only girls,
she would've easily
qualified for regionals.
That's where the college
scouts were out in full force.
- But this was her last chance
to impress the scouts, yes?
- This is her senior
year, so, yes.
And it's unfortunate because
I had a lot of the scouts
from the school
she had picked out
coming to watch her compete.
- Oh.
Thank you.
- Do you coach only girls?
- No, I've coached both boys
and girls throughout my career.
- [Janet] And do
they train the same?
- For the most part in the pool,
and then at some point the boys
start lifting more weights.
- So boys have more muscle?
- Typically, yeah.
- And girls inherently
tend to hold more body fat.
- By nature, yeah.
- [Janet] And muscle
doesn't float, but fat does.
- True but-
- So in the interest
of gliding through the water,
it would seem floating
would be the big advantage.
- You're comparing
apples to oranges.
I don't know where
you're going with this.
- Thank you for
your insight, Coach.
- The witness is excused.
I'm told each counsel has agreed
to present only one
expert religious witness.
Is that correct?
All right, I think
that's very wise.
- We call the Reverend
Ernestine Coughlin to the stand.
(tense music)
- Oh, that won't be necessary.
- What is that, Reverend?
- Well, as an ordained member
of the Unified Fellowship
of Metropolitan
Community Churches,
I represent God's
authentic voice
and putting my hand on a book
doesn't really improve
that connection.
- Well, while I appreciate
your beliefs, Reverend,
I hope you'll appreciate
the processes we have
by swearing in,
in a court of law.
- What laws?
I mean you want me to swear in,
but these aren't God's laws.
These are the laws
of a colonial system
that's been passed down through
an oppressive patriarchy,
and frankly, that's what
we're trying to unravel
at my church right now.
- I'm taking that as a no.
- Yes, Your Honor, that's is
a no to following the rules
of a system that claims
equal justice under the law,
and instead they're
following a man
that probably has a
painting of the Last Supper
represented by 12
white apostles.
- That's quite enough, Reverend.
Regardless of your
theology, you will abide
by the rules of decency
and respect in my court.
Is that understood?
- I most certainly will.
Does the plaintiff
have any objection
to the witness not swearing in?
Very well.
Counselor.
- Reverend?
- Yes.
- What is the biblical
difference between
a man and a woman?
- Acts 17:26.
- Excuse me?
- Galatians 3:28.
- Reverend Coughlin, could you
please answer the questions?
- You want me to sit here and
be good and quote scripture,
that's what I'm doing, and
especially with Galatians.
There's neither Jew nor Greek,
there's neither sl*ve nor free.
There's no male or female,
we are all one in Christ Jesus.
He's your witness, Counselor.
Let's try and remember
why we're here.
- Why we're here, I'll
tell you why we're here.
We're here because Dad didn't
save enough money for college
or someone didn't win a
race in a swimming pool.
We're here because
instead of celebrating
a brother, sister or,
Heaven forbid, a trans
or non-binary athlete, we
shame and we single them.
We're here because it's easier
to gather all your
cis white privilege
and go to court than as
to truly open your hearts.
- Ms. Peters, do you
have any actual questions
for this witness?
- I do.
- Please.
- Did God create
transgender people?
- The short answer is
that race and gender
are just social constructs,
but the the deeper answer
is of course He did.
Verbs to describe God are
both feminine and masculine.
In the old Hebrew Bible, God
is the God of many pronouns
and I think that's why
we have such a big issue
with gender today.
- [Janet] And yet the
Bible calls it a sin.
- So was working on Sundays
and I know tattoos are
outlawed in the Bible,
eating bats or sharing a chair
with a menstruating woman.
- [Janet] Okay, thank you.
I have no further questions.
- Oh, that's it?
- Counselor.
- Oh, I am unexpectedly
good, Your Honor.
So very good.
Just gonna...
- Witness may be excused.
Call your witness.
- Your Honor, we'd like to
call Pastor Tim Campbell
to the stand.
(pensive music)
What does God say
about transgender?
- God's way is always best.
Contrary to the thinking
in current culture,
binary is not bad,
it's beautiful.
Gender is not just
a social construct
or something that someone
picks and identifies as.
Gender is designed and
determined at conception.
The Bible says, "God
formed our inward parts.
We are fearfully and
wonderfully made."
- Well said.
(pensive music continues)
(gavel banging)
Court is in recess.
(pensive music continues)
- [Reporter] In a
stunning decision,
the jury in McCabe versus the
California Swim Association
in the regional finals.
Although it does little
for the girl's future
on a collegiate level,
it does pave the way
towards a possible ban
of transgender athletes
in women's sports.
(people clapping, cheering)
- Yeah.
- Nice.
- Hey, this Daily Recorder,
and if you don't
mind, just wanna ask,
how do you feel
about the information
that this case unfolded with?
- When it comes to athletics,
I just want things to be fair.
- Lindsay, what's next
for you and your family?
- Well, Lindsay still
wants to go to college
and she'd love to swim,
but we've learned that,
for the backlash
from this trial,
her challenges
are far from over,
and the challenges aren't
over for lots of people
across the country either, so.
I just know that the
first time you look
in your little girl's eyes,
you're just ready
to fight for her
to have everything possible.
- Of course, but-
- I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
The family just wants
to go eat some pizza
and take a swim not timed.
Thank you all for your support.
- Of course.
- Thank you.
- [Reporter] Best
of luck to you.
(phone ringing)
- Hello?
Yeah, she's here. Who
should I say is calling?
Can you hold on for one second?
- Who is it?
- [Steve] It's the swim
coach at Cal Northern.
- What would she be call?
(intense music)
- Hello?
Hi, hi, Coach Renee.
Yeah, I'm very familiar
with the swim program
at Cal Northern.
Yes, yes, I'd love to
come up for a visit.
Okay, thank you,
I'll see you then.
- How in the world
did that happen?
- I think I know.
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