Posted on 04/09/2018 8:35:26 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
In 1967, a Boston Marathon official nearly dragged a woman off the course after she managed to enter the men's-only race. Five decades later, race officials aren't as concerned about gender boundaries: They're now publicly acknowledging that transgender runners can compete using the gender they identify with.
"We take people at their word. We register people as they specify themselves to be," said Tom Grilk, chief of the Boston Athletic Association, the group behind the race. "Members of the LGBT community have had a lot to deal with over the years, and we'd rather not add to that burden."
At least five openly transgender women are signed up to run the storied 26.2-mile race through Boston and its suburbs April 16.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
Actrons. LOL. Well, they do all look, act and sound alike. That is a good noun to describe them all.
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