Bob Collins, Minnesota Public Radio
September 28, 2014
A conservative group, protesting a proposal that transgender students in Minnesota be allowed to play high school sports, went the full shower route in a full-page ad in the Sunday Star Tribune.
The Child Protection League's ad blares, "A male wants to shower beside your 14-year-old daughter. Are YOU OK with that?" on the back page of the newspaper's sports section.
The Minnesota State High School League is expected to approve the proposal at a workshop on on Wednesday, and enact it at its board of directors meeting on Thursday.
Under the draft policy, a female-to-male transgender student who has started hormone treatment can only play on male teams. One who hasn't can play on either team. A male-to-female student must provide evidence of testosterone suppression therapy.
The shower policy requires school districts (when possible) to provide private shower and changing facilities to any student athlete who requests them.
It also bars school districts from revealing that a student athlete is a transgender person.
More:
http://blogs.mprnews.org/newscut/2014/09/opponents-of-mn-transgender-athletes-hit-the-showers/
