Yikes.
This is yet another major misstep for the Abdul El-Sayed campaign. In an interview with Ross Douthat, El-Sayed was asked about boys in girls' sports, and his answer was less than impressive.
Abdul el-Sayed: Trans should be in the women’s locker room because your daughters will see dicks on the Internet anyway, and the free flow of information is a beautiful thing.
— Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) November 2, 2026
What? pic.twitter.com/apYI3s8VKc
"What happens with transgender kids on sports teams and so on, right?" Douthat asked. "These are places where rights are in conflict, right? What do you think happens there?"
"I don't know that that's actually true," El-Sayed replied. "We manufacture these social issues because, here's the thing about it. Ross, you have an iPhone in your pocket, probably. Or is it an iPhone or a Samsung? You have a phone in your pocket, right? You can get access to everything and anything in the whole world. All the world's information in your pocket. The notion that, somehow, you are going to prevent your child from being exposed to something that you may find disagreeable and that that is going to be because of school is so profoundly outdated. Because, of course, you have all the information and they have all the information."
"So here's the thing about it," he continued, "I think it's really important for us to recognize that the free flow of information is actually a beautiful thing. It's really important and the most important thing you can do is not try to protect a person from seeing a thing, it's about trying to make sure that as you coach your kid through the world, you are engaging with them and saying, 'Here's what I believe, here's what you may see in the world. You get to make your choices about who you're going to be in the world.' But that's going to require us to make do with the fact that, like, the Internet is a real thing."
Not only is El-Sayed implying that girls will be exposed to naked men and boys by searching online, he's fundamentally misrepresenting the crux of the sports argument: parents are not trying to hide transgender people from their daughters. They're trying to make sure their daughters have a level playing field against other girls, free from boys, and that girls aren't put at physical risk by playing sports against stronger boys.
And, yes, part of that is preventing boys from changing in girls' locker rooms.
Interviewer: Don’t you think it’s bad for young girls to potentially be exposed to male genitalia in locker rooms?
— Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇫🇷🇺🇦🇹🇼 (@DrewPavlou) November 2, 2026
Abdul El-Sayed: They are going to see it anyway. The free flow of information is a beautiful thing. pic.twitter.com/B7AnPgvlEz
He's fundamentally dishonest.
El Sayed’s whole premise is flawed. Ignorantly simplistic. We all have phones? We do, mostly. But it’s an individual choice as to what media you consume while browsing online not a policy thrust upon the majority like trans in girls locker rooms, who have no say in the matter. https://t.co/d9iIE62SbR
— Tecumseh (@Tecumse6915759) November 2, 2026
Exactly. Girls' don't get a say and when they stand up, they get punished.
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