Posted on 12/06/2014 9:57:09 PM PST by Morgana
Athletes in Minnesota’s public schools who say they identify as the sex opposite their biological sex have won the right to shower with athletes of the opposite sex, as well as share locker rooms and hotel rooms.
On Thursday, the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) approved criteria that will create eligibility standards for schools to let transgendered students on single-sex sports teams. Students would be allowed to be on a team of the opposite gender if parents or guardians, as well as a health care professional, sign written statements affirming a student's “consistent or sincerely held gender-related identity.”
A draft form of the policy said that hormone treatments for males attempting to become female must have begun before any males may participate in female sports.
The debate over whether to allow transgendered students, especially males, to play on opposite-gender teams and use their restroom, locker, and travel hotel facilities lasted for months, and went through several draft forms. The final vote by the MSHSL board was 18-2, with one member abstaining and one member opposing.
The board member who opposed the change was Emmett Keenan, who said that he was concerned that the religious exemption was not enough. Additionally, said Keenan, "I’m not sure we’ve heard enough yet about the safety of girls in relationship to a transgender male-to-female playing on girls’ sports teams.”
The board had been expected to approve a draft proposal in October, but delayed a final decision until this week.
The board's decision was opposed by The Child Protection League, a grassroots organization of concerned parents, which put out a full-page ad stating: “A male wants to shower beside your 14-year-old daughter. Are you OK with that?”
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Likewise, the Minnesota Catholic Conference has launched an online petition campaign listing numerous concerns with the policy. According to the Conference, the draft the board delayed a vote on "relies upon a contested view of gender identity confusion that could do students struggling with their gender more harm than good." It also violates Minnesota law related to "religious or conscientious objections" to the policy, says the Conference, and "could alter the competitive fairness in girls' athletics."
The Star-Tribune reports that in the meeting for the final vote, supporters and opponents packed the room. One supporter, OutFront Minnesota's executive director Monica Meyer, said, “All students want is a safe place to just be who they are. That includes in the classroom, on the court or field.”
League Executive Director Dave Stead said that while "a limited number of schools" told him that they "'don't like the idea'" of the new policy, discussions have led to those schools saying that they "'still don't like the idea, but I’m supportive of the initiative of trying to give us direction.'" Stead also said the transgender vote would not affect League membership.
At least a dozen states have similar athlete policies. In Minnesota, transgender eligibility will be decided by activities directors at individual schools, with an independent officer hearing appeals.
Requiring hormone treatments DEFINES discrimination.
Any rich parent could tie this school in knots.
No
LOL, yep.
So transgendered students think they will feel LESS embarrassed to shower with members of the opposite (actual) sex. Really? High school kids can be very cruel, and this presents great opportunities for psychological and physical cruelty.
Good! I hope we see that happen. This out of control commie PC bs has got to be crushed.
Do men start dominating in woman’s sports?
yet another reason to get the government out of schools. The whole thing should be dismantled.
Just wait until the first girl come out of gym class crying because little Joey, who says he feels girlish that day, see her naked.
Then the girl cries to her boyfriend, who would like to see her naked but is respectful get a hold of little Joey~~~and cavalry comes roaring back!!
Not to mention what her brother’s/dad would do!!
Seen the recent case where the taxpayers have to shell out 75K because some male, who "feels female" since age TWO, had to use the staff bathroom?
I know liberals like I know the back of my hand.
It will come down to closing EVERY shower-room, male or female.
All because of some idiot parents who don't know how to parent, and want to make some "statement".
Even if they want to use their kids as pawns to promote their agenda.
Hope these moron liberal "parents" like it when their precious darling realizes they've been sold a bill of goods.
That's ok dear.
The most important thing to remember is that you've got to accept that the janitor "felt female" that day.
Privacy and perverts take precedence now, sweetheart.
But he's a gross old man, and kept touching me!
Honey, there are people out there, called "conservatives" that want to deny the janitor his God-given rights.
Sit back and take it.
Mom, I don't like that guy, he's the creepiest person!
Have a talk with your mom's longtime companion, she'll set you on the right-thinking path.
Wow! I’d love to see little queer boy shower with the Somali girls and watch Minneapolis city council deal with the consequences.
Between the Hmongs and the Somalis, they may not need to worry about reassignment surgery.
Well this is fairly easy to test - put the confused young man in with the girls - if you end up with an extra towel rack he is not transgender!
One high school nearly fifty years ago was too small to have enough money to fund more than two electives, Agriculture and Home Economics. The guys all had to take Agriculture, join the FFA (Future Farmers of America), and undergo initiation and hazing into the FFA. The gals all had to take Home Economics, join the FHA (Future Homemakers of America), and undergo the FHA initiation hazing. Then a few of the guys insisted upon taking the Home Economics class. The Principal objected, but the parents backed up their boys. The school board directors opposed it too, until the lawyers pointed out how its was the school board’s fault for not offering any more elective classes to meet the minimum number of credits a student had to take. The FHA chapter faced a few problems that year, because the boys were ineligible to join.
The student protest worked, however, because the students were offered at least another one or two sensible elective courses.
Leftists are insane. 100%
Yup. I will N E V E R understand we we don’t use their insanity against them. The fact this is so obvious convinces me that the people in positions to act on this stuff like this stupidity simply don’t want to because they agree with it.
Lets face it. There is no ‘right wing’ or logical argument to be made by our misleaders that this is a net positive in any shape or form. The only logic is that if allowed, bad things result. Since their whole job is PREVENTING/not creating, overturning not empowering bad things/(laws ect), what other conclusion is there to draw?
Not entirely. Skinny girls with MOST of the physical attributes of young boys may indeed engender extra storage in the homo set.
Thats why gay fashion designers adore anorexia in their models.
You raise a very interesting point.
Muslim women are allowed to be naked around other women, but never men.
So if a boy “decides” he is really a girl, and wants to shower with the girls (some of whom are Muslim), who prevails?
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