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High school sports group rethinks menstrual cycle questions
WPLG-TV (ABC "news" in Miami owned by Warren Buffett) ^ | 2/8/2023 | Mike Schneider

Posted on 02/09/2023 2:39:17 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat

ORLANDO, Fla. – Facing blowback, the director of Florida’s high school sports governing body is backing away from using an eligibility form that requires female athletes to disclose their menstrual history in order to compete.

... a group of Democratic state lawmakers sent a letter this week to John Gerdes, the association’s president, calling the reporting requirements in the earlier proposed form “highly invasive.”

(Excerpt) Read more at local10.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: dds; education; media; sexuality
The Democrat party and the Miami media are trying to attack Ron DeSantis about this. I don't know whether the idea is sound, but for the Demon Rats to freak out shows me this is pure politics.

The Democrat party is suddenly concerned about coaches knowing about the health of their student athletes?

1 posted on 02/09/2023 2:39:17 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Is the problem that it is “highly invasive”? or is the issue that it causes problems for Men who wish to identify as female athletes?


2 posted on 02/09/2023 2:50:16 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (“You want it one way, but it’s the other way”)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Maybe a “vagina history” would do the trick.


3 posted on 02/09/2023 2:51:43 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Recovering_Democrat

The Female Athlete Triad Is a real issue… but mandatory data collection is overkill. Training parents and athletes is what is needed.


4 posted on 02/09/2023 2:52:51 AM PST by Bulwinkle (Bulwinkle, a.k.a. Daffy Duck )
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Will virginity checks be next?


5 posted on 02/09/2023 3:07:30 AM PST by Tom Tetroxide
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To: Recovering_Democrat

No more “Boys” or “Girls” sports. We need “XY” and “XX” sports. No matter what you want sewn onto or chopped off your body, you compete according to genetics.


6 posted on 02/09/2023 3:14:30 AM PST by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911/June 14, 1944)
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To: Bulwinkle

I agree. I don’t think there’s a chance in the world that high school sports administrators have the knowledge and experience to evaluate or promote the health of female athletes. Even a lot of Ob/gyns are appallingly ignorant about healthy menstrual cycles.


7 posted on 02/09/2023 3:33:15 AM PST by Tax-chick (Zip! Thud. The end.)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

it’s nobodies beeswax


8 posted on 02/09/2023 3:44:59 AM PST by ronniesgal (friends don't let friends be Kardashians)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Maybe just ask what they are trying to get at. Are you pregnant.


9 posted on 02/09/2023 4:27:45 AM PST by pas
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To: Recovering_Democrat

XX or XY?

How hard is that?


10 posted on 02/09/2023 4:34:00 AM PST by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Lots of state, like New York routinely ask this. Where is the pushback on that?


11 posted on 02/09/2023 4:43:08 AM PST by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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To: Recovering_Democrat

The eligibility form should ask athletes to disclose whether they are mentally insane, such as thinking they are not the sex they were born as.


12 posted on 02/09/2023 4:47:09 AM PST by Carl Vehse (A proud member of the LGBFJB community)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

none of this was well thought out... it’s a privacy violation and won’t help actual female athletes, as anyone can LIE on a form. If the govt asked me any of these things about my kids, I would balk at filling out the form.


13 posted on 02/09/2023 5:22:16 AM PST by Katya (lacking in the feelings department, )
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To: Recovering_Democrat

They are trying to blame DeSantis and the overturning of Roe. However, the questionnaire has been used for at least 20 years or more. There is a medical reason for the question. Sometimes girls in sports will have it impact their cycle. Since they are in high school, this could have a lasting impact on bone density. That being said, the doctor could deal with that directly with their patient. All the school really needs to know is whether the athlete is medically cleared to participate in sports and if there are any limitations.


14 posted on 02/09/2023 5:23:10 AM PST by Armando Guerra
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To: Recovering_Democrat

XX plays on XX Teams. XY plays on XY Teams. I don’t see what the problem is? We should also put XX/XY on public restrooms. The way to fix this is make this gender pronouns so ridiculous that the Democrats will be forced to change the narrative.


15 posted on 02/09/2023 5:25:16 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (“Racist” is the new “Nazi”.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

BINGO!


16 posted on 02/09/2023 6:10:48 AM PST by JoJo354 (We need to get to work, Conservatives!)
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To: ronniesgal
it’s nobodies beeswax...

... and still in some places in America, a person asking such a question could receive a well-deserved smackdown.

17 posted on 02/09/2023 6:13:13 AM PST by glennaro (Never give up ... never give in ... never surrender ... and enjoy every minute of doing so.)
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To: glennaro

i can’t imagine having to divulge that info to an adult when i was in high school. None-ya!


18 posted on 02/09/2023 7:00:50 AM PST by ronniesgal (friends don't let friends be Kardashians)
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To: ConservaTexan

“ We need “XY” and “XX” sports.”

Simple, logical and

TRANSPHOBIC!!!!!!!!!! (and probably RACIST, too)


19 posted on 02/09/2023 9:52:19 AM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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