O ut former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg weighed in on Democratic infighting around the issue of trans athletes, emphasizing the need for the conversation to be eradicated from political discourse and returned to schools and athletic associations.

Gay democrat Pete Buttigieg has weighed in on trans rights, including trans athletes’ participation in sports, declaring that they shouldn’t be decided by “politicians in Washington”. In light of President Donald Trump’s anti-trans athletes in sports executive order,