Transgender Advocates Cry Foul on Gender Birth Certificate

[Shooby]

Transgender Advocates Cry Foul on UIL Decision to Use Birth Certificates for Athletes’ Gender


The University Interscholastic League (UIL) will ask the school superintendents in Texas to vote on using a birth certificate to determine a student-athlete’s gender. The founder of the group TransAthlete.com cries foul, saying the proposed rule denies equal access to transgendered students.

The vote will be placed on a referendum ballot that will probably be distributed at the beginning of next year.

As reported by The Dallas Morning News, UIL’s policy director, Jamey Harrison, says the vote will not change the league’s current procedure. The UIL already advises school districts to use birth certificates when questions about gender arise.

The article in the Morning News states, “If passed, Texas would officially become one of the more restrictive states in the nation for transgender students.”

The news outlet received a statement from Chris Mosier, founder of the transgender advocacy group TransAthlete.com. He called the measure a “horrible policy” that would deny equal access to transgender students.

Transgender advocate Mosier was credited with saying, “Categorizing transgender student athletes by their birth certificates is among the least inclusive policies at the high school level. High school athletics should focus on enabling participation, not restricting it.”

TransAthlete.com has a list of the transgender policies set by the high school athletics associations in each state. The “grading” of the states for their policies are listed as (1) “Inclusive-no medical hormones or surgery required;” (2) “Needs Modification;” and (3) “No policy.” Texas is presently listed as “NO POLICY.”

There are 15 states, including California and Wyoming, that allow student athletes to participate based on their “gender identity.”

The website includes a link entitled “Start Here,” that lists “Trans*Terminology.” It explains, “Before we can begin to discuss trans*inclusion in athletics, we need to be on the same page. Let’s start with the basics of language and concepts so we’re clear on what we’re talking about.” “Transgender,” “Cisgender,” “Gender Fluidity,” “Gender Expression,” and other transgender terminology are defined.

There is also a Trans*Athlete resource page, which includes guidelines for creating policies for transgender children in recreational sports, promising practices for inclusion of gender identity/gender expression in higher education, and other documents.

The UIL has a “non-discrimination” policy that allows equal opportunity no matter disability, race, color, gender, religion, or national origin. There are some exceptions to that general policy.

The University of Texas at Austin created the UIL to assist public school athletic and debate teachers. It operates as part of the university. The UIL started in 1910 and has grown into the largest inter-school organization of its kind in the world, according to its website.

Lana Shadwick is a contributing writer and legal analyst for Breitbart Texas. Follow her on Twitter@LanaShadwick2

www.breitbart.com/texas/2015/10/26/transgender-advocates-cry-foul-uil-vote-use-birth-certificate-determine-gender-athletes/

[Virgil Showlion]

I don't know.

Part of me thinks they're doing it just to irk transgendered students. Part of me understands why universities, fiercely competitive, won't play into the students' delusions at the expense of fairness to other students.

[Politically_Incorrect12]

We can debate whether this is a psychological issue that should be treated the same way as other psychological issues when a person's perception of reality doesn't match reality.  We can debate at what age a person should be able to get gender reassignment surgery.  We can debate lots of things, but at some point a person's perception of reality doesn't trump reality.  Until you have surgery, which whether a person agrees or not is irrelevant because it's not really any different than a person choosing to have plastic surgery to change any number of body parts; but until surgery happens, I'm think men and women should play whatever sport, use whatever bathroom or facility that matches up to their biological gender at that time (not what they think it should be, but what it is).  Physically men are usually stronger than women, it doesn't really matter how they identify themselves, and it could definitely affect competitive fairness in women's sports.  Like it or not, it is what it is and there is a point where people can try to be too open-minded to the point of losing track of common sense.

[mroped]

That is what happens when you have to many lawyers sitting around: they find something else to complain about and file a law suit in hopes that they can say that they had their day in court.
The school districts should be allowed to ask for the birth certificates since everybody is up in arms about gender equality and all that.
What in Gods name is wrong with people? Did everybody go stupid overnight?
Every bloody little wanker thinks about becoming famous and all crap. Since they can't be famous on their abilities they raise hell about their sex and such.
Dont like the way you were born or feel different? Fine, do whatever you must just leave me alone and stop annoying me with your fits!

[Virgil Showlion]

Oct 26, 2015 15:59:05 GMT -5 Politically_Incorrect12 said:

We can debate whether this is a psychological issue that should be treated the same way as other psychological issues when a person's perception of reality doesn't match reality.  We can debate at what age a person should be able to get gender reassignment surgery.  We can debate lots of things, but at some point a person's perception of reality doesn't trump reality.  Until you have surgery, which whether a person agrees or not is irrelevant because it's not really any different than a person choosing to have plastic surgery to change any number of body parts; but until surgery happens, I'm think men and women should play whatever sport, use whatever bathroom or facility that matches up to their biological gender at that time (not what they think it should be, but what it is).  Physically men are usually stronger than women, it doesn't really matter how they identify themselves, and it could definitely affect competitive fairness in women's sports.  Like it or not, it is what it is and there is a point where people can try to be too open-minded to the point of losing track of common sense.

There are issues going both ways.

For biological men playing in women's sports, the strength advantage is the obvious issue.

For biological women playing in men's sports, the issue is that many hormone injections intended to give a more male physique and appearance would have to be stopped since they also qualify as performance-enhancing drugs.

It's a mess generally. Since there aren't any established criteria on what steps an individual has to take to "change gender", using gender on the birth certificate is the only sensible recourse I can see for universities at this point.

[Politically_Incorrect12]

Oct 26, 2015 17:07:59 GMT -5 Virgil Showlion said:

Oct 26, 2015 15:59:05 GMT -5 Politically_Incorrect12 said:

We can debate whether this is a psychological issue that should be treated the same way as other psychological issues when a person's perception of reality doesn't match reality.  We can debate at what age a person should be able to get gender reassignment surgery.  We can debate lots of things, but at some point a person's perception of reality doesn't trump reality.  Until you have surgery, which whether a person agrees or not is irrelevant because it's not really any different than a person choosing to have plastic surgery to change any number of body parts; but until surgery happens, I'm think men and women should play whatever sport, use whatever bathroom or facility that matches up to their biological gender at that time (not what they think it should be, but what it is).  Physically men are usually stronger than women, it doesn't really matter how they identify themselves, and it could definitely affect competitive fairness in women's sports.  Like it or not, it is what it is and there is a point where people can try to be too open-minded to the point of losing track of common sense.

There are issues going both ways.

For biological men playing in women's sports, the strength advantage is the obvious issue.

For biological women playing in men's sports, the issue is that many hormone injections intended to give a more male physique and appearance would have to be stopped since they also qualify as performance-enhancing drugs.

It's a mess generally. Since there aren't any established criteria on what steps an individual has to take to "change gender", using gender on the birth certificate is the only sensible recourse I can see for universities at this point.

I didn't really think about the PED issue, but that is a fair point as well.