Posted on 10/13/2025 5:52:39 AM PDT by MtnClimber
A high school basketball player in Washington state has been accused of bullying, harassment after she allegedly “misgendered” a male opponent who pretends to be a female.
The controversy began when an 18 year old biological male was allowed to play on a junior varsity team in the Tumwater School District, alongside 14 and 15-year-old female athletes.
15-year-old Frances Staudt noticed the obviously male athlete on the opposing team during her warm up for the final game of the season and asked the school’s athletic director whether the player was a male, but was told that, in accordance with Washington state law, the school will not discriminate based on sexual identity.
Staudt then notified her coach that she was unwilling to play against a biological male opponent.
According to Staudt’s mother Aimee, Frances was so frustrated that, following the game, her daughter walked by the male player and told him, “You’re a man” prompting the school district to investigate Frances for ‘misgendering’ her opponent.
Aimee Staudt told Fox News that the school district could have avoided the situation, saying, “They knew, admittedly, that there was going to be this situation, and they had a meeting, the principal, the superintendent, and the athletic director to discuss the fact that this was a potential situation that was coming up.”
Aimee maintains that little controversy would have resulted if families had been notified of the situation beforehand, and players had been given the option to sit out the game.
Staudt said, “But they didn’t do that. They put the kids on the spot, and my daughter was the one that actually stood up in this situation, and… she was exposed… It was awful the way they handled it.”
The New York Post reports that the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) policy states that each athlete will participate in programs “consistent with their gender identity or the gender most consistently expressed,” and there are not even any medical or legal requirements.
Washington is one of a handful of Democrat-run states that have pushed back against President Trump’s executive order banning biological males from competing in women’s sports.
The school district released a statement last week stating, “As a district, we remain committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all students feel safe, supported, and valued.”
According to her mother, Frances received a letter late last week, stating that she had violated WIAA policy and that she could face further discipline if there are any further incidents.
Come on girls. You can do this. We are all Riley Gaines now too. We got your back.
This girl misidentified this individual. She told him, “You’re a man”. I am a man and I resent being categorized with this mentally ill individual. He is a male but definitely not a man.
stand up how? Getting in the kids face? Arguing on the court with the coach or the ref? Will that accomplish anything?
Some adults identified as a baby, so I'm not laughing...
Yes. Stand up to them. He's not a kid. He's an adult male playing against girls in their mid-teens. The more regular people stand up to these freaks, the more regular people see that they are not alone in their views and they will stand up, too.
“Tumwater School District”
Quite possibly the woke/liberal capital of the world.
all that will happen is the fathers to get ejected from the gym. And an 18 year old will be portrayed as a kid being bullied by adults.
>The controversy began when an 18 year old biological male was allowed to play on a junior varsity team in the Tumwater School District, alongside 14 and 15-year-old female athletes.
So when the 18 year old adult man masquerading as a girl attacks or injures one or more of the minor girls he has been allow to play by the school board and the state, who’s going to jail???
This never works out, the 14 and 15-year-old female athletes are at risk by these mentally deficient morons who run the school board and the state who back them as well the mentally deranged tranny.
Somebody needs to be punished for allowing this situation to happen, & punished in a way they won’t soon forget.
Fixed it.
Well, then, by all means give up and don't say anything. Just let it happen and feel better about not hurting someone's feelings or worry about getting kicked out of a game.
why would the school allow an 18yo male play on the girls JV team, I guess he could not make the boys JV team..
if that was my kid the principle, ad and super would be crapping teeth for a year
It goes as a Shepard-Byrd Hate Crimes Act violation in the eyes of the Left. Hate crimes ordinances now protect gender identity, so they can charge opponents of men in women’s sport with hate crimes laws. It is protected by the federal Respect for Marriage Act.
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