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Transgender football player prevails in lawsuit against Minnesota team, league
mprnews.org ^ | December 22, 2018

Posted on 01/08/2019 10:41:41 AM PST by grundle

A transgender woman has prevailed in her discrimination suit against a Minnesota women's football team and league.

In 2017, Christina Ginther sued the Minnesota Vixen and the Independent Women's Football League after the team barred her from playing because she was trans.

Ginther, 44, told MPR News that she didn't think being transgender would pose a problem for the Vixen. She learned about the team at the Twin Cities Pride Festival, and recalled her reaction as, "Oh, this an LGBTQ-friendly organization. Cool."

But after her tryouts, Ginther said, she got a surprising phone call from the team's owner, Laura Brown.

"She said, 'Well, your numbers were good. But in the process of drawing up player contracts, we looked at your social media and found out that you're transgender,' " Ginther recalled.

Ginther said Brown also told her the league didn't allow players who were born biologically male because of safety issues.

"I hung up the phone and just felt violated," Ginther said. "I mean, just the sense of, 'I'm a freak. I'm a defective. I am not worthy to be with this team.'"

The Vixen is considered a semi-pro team. It doesn't pay its players; in fact, the players pay to play.

A jury in Dakota County agreed this week that excluding Ginther violated the Minnesota Human Rights Act, which bars people from refusing to do business with someone else because of their sexual orientation.

Ginther told MPR News she sued because she wanted other transgender people to know this kind of discrimination is illegal.

"And the Vixen were arguing, 'You know, this is just football.' I was just really happy with my lawyer. He said, 'That's kind of the same story. It's only football. It's only a bus seat. It's only a bathroom. But it isn't.. We're talking about human dignity," Ginther said.

The jury awarded Ginther $20,000 in damages. Ginther's attorney, Nicholas May, said he believes this is the first jury verdict in favor of a transgender person in a discrimination claim in Minnesota.

"This was a jury of regular folks who came in, heard the evidence, and concluded that what happened here was wrong. It's something that we as Minnesotans should be proud of," May told MPR News.

After Ginther was denied a spot on the Vixen, she found acceptance on another team, the Minnesota Machine, which is part of a different women's football league.

She has since retired from the sport.


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To: WinMod70
Unless the presstitute is behind the times, just replace transgendered with fake and you're there.
41 posted on 01/08/2019 11:47:45 AM PST by mykroar (Congratulations President Trump)
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To: grundle

Why,in God’s name,don’t the *real* women refuse to play against this dude?


42 posted on 01/08/2019 11:47:54 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Mitt Romney: Bringing Massachusetts Values To The Great State Of Utah.)
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To: grundle
She has since retired from the sport.
43 posted on 01/08/2019 11:49:19 AM PST by csvset (illegitimi non carborundum)
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To: BlueLancer

Just call him what his is, a transvestite.


44 posted on 01/08/2019 11:50:02 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: grundle
"I hung up the phone and just felt violated," Ginther said. "I mean, just the sense of, 'I'm a freak. I'm a defective. I am not worthy to be with this team.'"

Hate to break it to ya,dude...but you *are* a freak.

And you *are* defective.

45 posted on 01/08/2019 11:50:02 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Mitt Romney: Bringing Massachusetts Values To The Great State Of Utah.)
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To: grundle

Can we please have some men conveniently claim to be fluid-gender to play for the opposing women’s team and kick this guys ass on the field?


46 posted on 01/08/2019 11:52:52 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: grundle
'I'm a freak. I'm a defective. I am not worthy to be with this team.'

Exactly

47 posted on 01/08/2019 11:55:00 AM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: lee martell

“The law is an ass.”


48 posted on 01/08/2019 12:24:16 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: grundle

Short version of story. Born-male person sees some easy money, in a league that normally doesn’t pay players.

Tries out for womens football, gets rejected for being born mail, get the state to extort $20,000 from the league.

Goes to another women’s league to get more money, but they actually let her play, so she retires instead.


49 posted on 01/08/2019 12:31:03 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: Leaning Right

I’d actually love to see a country put two trans-women on a beach volleyball team, and have them wipe the floor with the other teams and “win” a gold medal.

The sooner we can destroy women’s sports by letting born-males play them, the sooner we can move toward more common-sense policies.

And a team with two people would be the easiest place to start. Really we could probably do this with one of the best women, with a born-male.


50 posted on 01/08/2019 12:36:03 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: grundle

‘I just felt violated’

I’m a freak’

When MEN (and it is absolutely true that you CANNOT CHANGE YOUR GENDER) are allowed to play WOMEN’S sports, the true women will always get physically hurt. I really am surprised that ‘trans women’ haven’t been disallowed on women’s sports teams. The women who will compete on a field of play against ‘trans women’ are too PC to support.


51 posted on 01/08/2019 12:41:43 PM PST by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell)
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To: grundle

This was a jury of regular folks who came in, heard the evidence, and concluded that what happened here was wrong. It’s something that we as Minnesotans should be proud of,” May told MPR News.
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That is just plain bull shit. The jury found that with the evidence presented that the law on the books was violated. Nothing about the justification of the law or the acceptance of the law.


52 posted on 01/08/2019 12:46:04 PM PST by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country! Now)
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To: Lizavetta

How can we tell if a dog is male or female if it can’t tell us what it identifies as?


53 posted on 01/08/2019 12:58:44 PM PST by djpg
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To: grundle
After Ginther was denied a spot on the Vixen, she found acceptance on another team, the Minnesota Machine, which is part of a different women's football league.

She has since retired from the sport."

This was NEVER about football, the love of a sport or even acceptance ... it was about getting precedent in the courts and pushing the LGBTQ agenda through the justice system.

She has since retired from the sport."

54 posted on 01/08/2019 1:00:20 PM PST by gtwizard (Income Inequality is called INCENTIVE!)
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To: grundle

FREAKS!!!!


55 posted on 01/08/2019 1:18:33 PM PST by onedoug
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To: WinMod70

Just replace trans with fake.


56 posted on 01/08/2019 1:40:18 PM PST by Eagles6
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To: grundle

Whats the football equivalent of a fragging?
A chop block?
He should already be cited for “clipping”.


57 posted on 01/08/2019 1:49:04 PM PST by BTerclinger (MAGA)
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To: Leaning Right
I had the misfortune of testicular cancer in 1985. Pure seminoma. Lost the right testicle to extract the tumor intact. Follow up radiation treatment...3000 RADs through my gut. I've had challenges building muscle since then. I asked flight surgeon to add a testosterone test to my blood work in 2005 (I check for the cancer tumor markers as well). Answer was 281. That explains why inline speed-skating 60 miles a week didn't return much benefit. I keep my weight under strict control using MyFitnessPal. M/Th are 600 calorie days, 1250 other days. I was 145.8 lbs this morning. 5 ft 11 in, 20.4 BMI, 16% fat. Satisfactory at age 62.
58 posted on 01/08/2019 2:13:19 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: WinMod70
Just remember this easy comprehension key:

TRANS = FAKE

Ergo, trans-woman = fake woman.

59 posted on 01/08/2019 4:13:32 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Department of Redundancy Department.)
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To: grundle

When will this madness end? There is no such thing as a transgender. First of all, the use of the word “gender” to describe the sex of a person is wrong. SEX is the proper word.
Is the word too harsh? Maybe, because the word is used (wrongly) to describe sexual intercourse and that is soooo mean a word to hear with our virginal ears. When will we grow up?

The people who support the “rights” of insane persons (who think that it’s Okay to pretend to be the opposite sex) are guilty of enabling craziness, falsely representing them to be something that they are not. Stop the Madness!


60 posted on 01/08/2019 5:36:57 PM PST by BatGuano (Ya don't think that I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
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