State Supervisor of the Public Instruction Washington Chris Reykdal spoke in defense transgender athletes In sports for girls in the address on Thursday, claiming it is “inaccurate” to say that there are only two sexes.
“It’s simply inaccurate to say, biological, that there are only boys and there are only girls,” Reykdal said. “There is a continuity. There is science for this. There are children who are Born Intersks. There are children whose hormones and whose chromosomes are not in line with their gender at birth.
“This is not the discussion we will lead today. I just want to remind you of our civil rights obligations. Our state laws clearly show that children can identify and participate on the basis of the gender in which they are identified. We are going to support the law.”
Reykdal performed three terms as a democratic member of the Washington House of Representatives from the 22nd district.
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Although he has criticized the recent executive order of President Donald Trump, who forbids schools to allow trans -athletes to compete in sports for girls, Reykdal cited the statistics of how many transgender athletes have in his country.
“Of the almost quarter of a million children who participated in intersholastic athletics and activities in Washington, about five to 10 young people were identified as a trans participation in these activities,” Reykdal said. “If we cannot adapt the needs of five or 10 people – whether there is an approach to privacy and a privacy opportunity for all students, our laws and rules say – if we cannot do so?”
Reykdal insisted that Trump does not have the authority of the president to issue a ban on transcending sports for girls, but admitted that the US Congress is doing so. The Law on the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports is a proposal for the Law in Congress that would make similar demands as Trump’s command and has already been adopted in the House of Representatives. That has not yet gone to the Senate vote.
“Until the Congress changes the law or our state legislation does not change the law, we will follow the current law and the current framework of the civil rights of this country, and that tells us,” Reykdal said.
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Washington’s high school athletes are allowed to compete based on their gender identity, not their biological sex. Washington Interscholastic ACTIVATS Association (Wiaa) Politics says that every athlete will participate in programs “in accordance with their gender identity or gender consistently expressed,” and no medical or legal requirements.
Accounts have been introduced to ban transgender girls to participate in maiden and women’s sports but have not been adopted.
However, the question became so worrying that in December, Wiaa announced a proposal to create a separate open division in which transgender athletes compete.
“In order to maintain honest and fair competition, participation in sports and maiden divisions of sports is limited to students who were born a woman was awarded. The purpose of this policy is to offer clarity in relation to the participation of the trans -a gender -svers of students.
This proposal followed a few weeks after the school board in the central valley, which oversees schools in the Spocan Valley and Liberty Lake, WashingtonHe voted to send a Wiaa message because of this issue after a discussion at a meeting of the School Board.
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The resolution, “supporting capital and safety in women’s sports” claims that the entire committee consists of female members who either competed in athletics or are daughters who competed in athletics.
One of the women, an unidentified current runner, shared her experience during that hearing.
“When I was running in Greenacres High School, a boy who was a biological male but identified as a female person competed on a girl for girls,” she said. “Although I respect everyone’s right to participate in sports, the situation made me question the righteousness of the competition (s) someone who had a physical advantage associated with male biology.”
In May, Trans athlete competed in the girls championship and won.
The athlete won the 400 meters of heat race in the Girls division with a time of 55.59 seconds. The second -ranked runner finished 58.83 seconds. In the finals, the Trans Athlete won with a time of 55.75 seconds, full second in front of the second place runner, which ended with 56.75.
This week, civic rights The complaint was filed With the Office for Civic Rights of the Ministry of Education on behalf of a teenage girl in Washington, who was allegedly punished for refusing to play a basketball match against trans athletes.
The appeal claimed that the Tumwater School District in Washington He is investigating 15-year-old Frances Staudt for the “misconception” of an opponent and a violation of district policies against harassment and harassment.
According to the document, before the game, Staudt asked the school principal and athletic principal if the player was a biological male. Administrators then allegedly confirmed that they had been informed that the player was transgender, but refused her pleas to remove the player. Staudt was removed from the game.
The Ministry of Education of President Trump has already launched an investigation into the IX title at the athletic conferences of the State Secondary School in California, Minnesota and Maine because of their refusal to adhere to his executive order.
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