A revised Mat-Su schools policy prohibits transgender girls from participating in girls sports and teams. That constitutes illegal discrimination under the federal law known as Title IX, according to the ACLU of Alaska.
Most spoke against the policy change
The revised policy prohibits transgender girl students from participating in girls sports and teams. The policy would impact teams and sports within the Mat-Su Borough School District; it would not apply to teams from other districts competing within the Mat-Su school district. Alex Squires, a Mat-Su student going into 12th grade, said the school board should focus on “actual problems” rather than focusing on “made up ones.”
Declan Farley, a 2021 Palmer High School graduate and transgender athlete, noted the high rates of suicide rates for transgender individuals.
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