Minnesota state Rep. Leigh Finke (D) is a transgender state politician who has spoken openly about "gender-affirming care" for kids and even introduced a bill in 2023 to legislate access to surgeries and hormones for children.
Finke, who is part of the Democrat-affiliated Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, recently called sex-based categories in sports a form of discrimination. Following those comments, however, it took less than a day for the politician's ideas play out in real time in his own state.
'They're just kids who want to participate and enjoy the benefits of sports ...'
In a statement to OutKick , Finke defended the idea of boys playing in girls' sports, right down to declaring that males can be female.
"Trans girls are girls," Finke told the outlet. "They deserve