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Title: Washington embraces trans athletes
Post by: Natasha on December 12, 2008, 05:20:55 PM
Post by: Natasha on December 12, 2008, 05:20:55 PM
Washington embraces trans athletes
http://www.pridesource.com/article.shtml?article=33260 (http://www.pridesource.com/article.shtml?article=33260)
Dan Woog
12/11/2008
Before the 2006-07 school year, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association had never fielded a question about transgender athletes. That year, they received four inquiries about whether teenagers with non-traditional gender identities could compete for their schools.
Trans issues were no longer out of bounds.
"No one had ever asked, so we had no policy," recalls Jim Meyerhoff, assistant director of the WIAA - the governing body for all Washington state high school sports. "But when we got four requests in one year, our board and executive director felt the need to explore the situation."
http://www.pridesource.com/article.shtml?article=33260 (http://www.pridesource.com/article.shtml?article=33260)
Dan Woog
12/11/2008
Before the 2006-07 school year, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association had never fielded a question about transgender athletes. That year, they received four inquiries about whether teenagers with non-traditional gender identities could compete for their schools.
Trans issues were no longer out of bounds.
"No one had ever asked, so we had no policy," recalls Jim Meyerhoff, assistant director of the WIAA - the governing body for all Washington state high school sports. "But when we got four requests in one year, our board and executive director felt the need to explore the situation."