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It's a big deal in the US because of the fucked-up education system there. There is such insane competition among parents to get their kids into the "top schools" and such insane competition among those schools to be where the top students go. Being selected for this or that high school or university sports team, winning this or that competition, is a deal so huge that no-one growing up in a socialist utopia like NZ or Australia can really comprehend it.
If your daughter's entire future has been mapped out for her based on her getting into the sports team that gets her the scholarship that gets her to the university that gets her the degree that gets her the career, and she misses out on the team because a trans athlete -- who was previously a B-grade male athlete but is now the greatest female athlete in the history of the school and wants that scholarship too -- has joined the team, you better believe mummy and daddy are gonna get their lawsuit on.
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