Board of Education delays decision to ban trans female athletes from competing in girls’ sports division:
, whose advocacy director Michael Garvey spoke in opposition during the public comment period at Wednesday’s quarterly board meeting. Garvey referred to the measure as unconstitutional and a violation of a child’s privacy rights.
The proposed change is aimed at addressing concerns of physiological advantages that could potentially impact athletic competition, stating “at puberty biological male athletes generally gain physiological advantages such as larger skeletal structure, greater muscle mass and strength, less body fat, greater bone density, larger hearts and greater oxygen-carrying capacity.”
“The only student eligibility issue we leave up the individual school district is gender determination,” Strickland said. “The legal protection for the school districts and for the ASAA — or any other group — is in a better position if the state somehow takes the leadership stance on this.”
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