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.
“In Minnesota, transgender eligibility will be decided by activities directors at individual schools, with an independent officer hearing appeals.”
The state of Minnesota has officially gone off the rails. What are the qualifications / requirements for “activities directors”? How does one get a gig like that? Not only do we lawyers assigned to us at birth, now we need psychiatrists.
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What could go wrong?
The rights of others never matter to selfish who are demanding THEIR rights.
private sports clubs and leagues ... taking no gubmint money, beyond gubmint insanity
It's not as complicated as it first appears. It's actually quite simple. Immorality is trump. In any given hand, muslims may take one trick, homosexuals may take another trick, and satanists may take the rest. It may appear random, but in each case, whatever is the most immoral is what liberals will declare the winner.
Idea: maybe I “identify” with being 17 years old and want to go back to high school... In actuality I’m 37, but I think we need to brainstorm some good creative ways to cause mischief like this. Nobody ever pushes back on the left with their same techniques, it seems.
Can we “identify” as another race, and sue over discrimination? Hmmm
smart guy... I was dumb and walked away from playing the flute in the school band... all the cute girls were in the flute section.
I don’t see anyone wanting to fire everyone on the MSHSL.
I wonder how MN Muslims feel about this.
Gary, Julia said you raped her in the girl’s locker room.
I was feeling feminine that day so it was a Lesbian rape.
Gary, there is no such thing as Lesbian rape. I’ll file a Hate complaint against Julia.
Excellent point.
The gender-confused boys who expect to feel more comfortable showering and changing around girls are in for a big surprise. Girls can be mean.
Then again, girls are mean to other girls. Maybe not so mean to a gender-confused boy. I don’t know...
Not good enough to get a free ride at a major college but an okay Basketball player or swimmer etc? Decide you are a girl.
What does tuition run?
There is a way to do that. If parents remove their children then the jobs disappear.
So glad I homeschooled.
I think they’ll give a special changing room or time to the Muslim girls.
Except Muzzies aren’t Christians. When they get pissed and pray to Allah for guidance, the response they are bred to get is a little demon to kill people and blow crap up. Which they will once they get offended enough. Which will take exactly one girl being seen naked.
Just remember their MO. They wait until thy believe themselves to be strong enough, then act. I have complete faith that you are correct in that Homos will ‘win’ round 1. Mauye even Round 2. But it won’t go further without the traditional Muslim peace breaking out.
So far the Libs have been able to keep most of their warring factions in check. But that cannot last indefinitely. If it could, everything we believe in as conservatives would be by definition, wrong. I have long posted that when it comes apart, it will be spectacular, for that reason. And it already is coming apart.
As Rush says, Libs ALWAYS overreach. And there is simply no way that a purchased fatwa OK’ing this will pacify Muslims. They have blown up and burnt countless cars in France over the headscarf. I have a VERY hard time believing full frontal nudity gets a pass. No way, no how.
So even if the libs win the court cases, they are breeding Palestine in America and there is no way they’ll ever keep it on ice. Ultimately the muslims go full jihadi and start killing everyone involved and they will EASILY be able to justify it to their so called moderates...who will suddenly become very radicalized indeed.
Remember back in the 1960s when the East German women’s Olympic team had members of questionable gender who seemed to get gold medals with a strength beyond females of the day? In their rush to be politically correct, this Board may upset women’s athletics in Minnesota. Imagine a school who actually recruits 6’ 8” transgendered players for their womens basketball team and sweeps the state tournaments. I doubt the fans would tolerate this and I would bet many schools would simply drop women’s basketball because they could not begin to compete.
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