At the 2022 NCAA women’s swim championships in Georgia, I witnessed an altercation between a British women’s-rights activist, Kellie-Jay Keen, and a male transgender activist, Dawn (formerly Don) Ennis. Keen had spotted Ennis in a hallway and confronted him: “I am asking you as a mother, do not use women’s spaces,” Keen said. “It makes women and girls feel very uncomfortable.”
Ennis pushed back. Keen doubled down. And the scene, which I captured on video, went viral on social media. Despite being the aggressor, many people who saw the interaction thought that Keen came off heroically. It’s easy to take this public support for granted. It was not always the case.
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