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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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1 posted on 01/08/2019 10:41:41 AM PST by grundle
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after the team barred her from playing because she was trans a man.

Fixed.

2 posted on 01/08/2019 10:43:31 AM PST by Lizavetta
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These kind of stories always confuse me. Can never figure out if its a dude dressing like a chick or the other way around.


3 posted on 01/08/2019 10:44:25 AM PST by WinMod70
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44? He’ll be out with an injury in the first game.


4 posted on 01/08/2019 10:44:27 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Twitter is Trump's laser pointer and the media are all cats.)
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To: grundle
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.'"

Yes, women playing football against men is a safety issue, and yes, he learned a deeper truth about himself.

5 posted on 01/08/2019 10:45:34 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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6 posted on 01/08/2019 10:45:43 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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... 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.

Given that dignity refers to being worthy of honor or respect, I'm having trouble figuring out how a tranny is worthy of either.

7 posted on 01/08/2019 10:47:41 AM PST by ken in texas
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When the “progressive” population of minnesota and the states ever growing population of muslims finally clash it’s really gonna be something.


8 posted on 01/08/2019 10:47:53 AM PST by V_TWIN
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Can never figure out if its a dude dressing like a chick or the other way around.

Usually, you can do it with a simple word substitution:

Trans man = Fake man = woman

Trans woman = Fake woman = man

Any time you see the word "trans" or "transgender" followed by woman/man, simply read it as "fake".

9 posted on 01/08/2019 10:49:37 AM PST by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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“These kind of stories always confuse me. Can never figure out if its a dude dressing like a chick or the other way around.”

Another Freeper pointed this out to me. It eliminates the confusion. Simply replace trans with fake. Then you have an accurate picture.

And, the team was right. Biological men are much more likely to injure women than another woman is. The court is wrong. I suppose it’s time to simply eliminate any female sports, where women could be injured by fake women, until society comes to its senses.


10 posted on 01/08/2019 10:49:45 AM PST by Gen.Blather
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"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.'"

He wasn't born a defective freak, he made himself a defective freak.

11 posted on 01/08/2019 10:50:05 AM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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Love it. Men proving they are superior to women at everything, including being a woman. Take that, feminists


12 posted on 01/08/2019 10:50:13 AM PST by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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Trannies are going to ruin women's sports!

Except for the WNBA. I'm actually optimistic trannies will make women's basketball exciting.

13 posted on 01/08/2019 10:50:28 AM PST by Drew68
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These kind of stories always confuse me. Can never figure out if its a dude dressing like a chick or the other way around.
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He’s a dude, Jim.


14 posted on 01/08/2019 10:51:33 AM PST by shelterguy
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Transgender woman = biological man


15 posted on 01/08/2019 10:51:57 AM PST by ConjunctionJunction
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I’m confused. Was it born with an inny or an outy.


16 posted on 01/08/2019 10:52:27 AM PST by jetson
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If the story reads trans X, replace trans with fake;
Trans female=fake female


17 posted on 01/08/2019 10:53:21 AM PST by 9422WMR
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Transgender woman = biological man


18 posted on 01/08/2019 10:53:32 AM PST by ConjunctionJunction
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'I'm a freak. I'm a defective. I am not worthy to be with this team.'"

Yes, yes you are. Delusional, depraved and perverted

19 posted on 01/08/2019 10:53:45 AM PST by taxcontrol
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Not “her”. “Him”.

gotta fix that, too.


20 posted on 01/08/2019 10:53:46 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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