SDHSAA Works On Transgender Athlete Policy

[stephaniec]

SDHSAA Works On Transgender Athlete Policy

http://www.keloland.com/newsdetail.cfm/sdhsaa-works-on-transgender-athlete-policy/?id=184375

Keloland/August 30, 2015, 9:59 PM by Sammi Bjelland

"Changes are coming for the policy on transgender athletes in South Dakota.

In June, the board of directors for the South Dakota High School Activities Association decided to take a closer look at the details in a transgender athlete policy.  The board has been working on revisions ever since.

A local transgender supporter says a policy to allow students to participate with the gender they identify with will help them feel safe and confident.

A vote of 7 to 1 by the SDHSAA board brought some changes to the transgender athlete policy."

[iKate]

Another Hurdle for trans teen athletes?
Source:  Refinery29
MEREDITH CLARK AUG 31, 2015 1:00 PM

A South Dakota legislator is worried enough about transgender teens that he thinks genital inspections are an acceptable way to determine on which sports team a high school athlete should play.

State Rep. Roger Hunt, a Republican, has introduced a bill to the state's legislature that would force trans student-athletes to submit their original birth certificates and undergo a visual genital inspection before they would be allowed to join a sports team. Why would a grown man want to pass a law that forces children to strip naked? The South Dakota High School Activities Association board of directors changed its policies last year to be trans-inclusive, and opponents of the more tolerant policy have been trying to undo it ever since.

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[iKate]

Genital inspections? I remember when the TSA had their full body pat downs and there was one guy who said, "don't touch my junk." I think some students will have to start saying that now.

[Jill F]

Let me guess, this guy wants to inspect all the kids himself?

i'm sorry, if I were a parent of a child who wanted to play sports in SD and knew a physical genital inspection was part of the deal, I would be raising hell.  Let's face it, what kind of people do you think would be applying for that job?

Also, if 1 in 100 people have some kind intersex condition and 1 in 1500-2000 are born with ambiguous genitalia, then who gets final say as to what team these kids should be playing for?  (Hint: not Roger Hunt)