Manhattan’s largest school board district has proposed a resolution that could lead to a ban on transgender athletes in women’s sports, the New York Post reported.
The District 2 Regional Education Council is scheduled to vote on the proposal Wednesday. The proposal calls on the city’s Department of Education (DOE) to conduct a public assessment of its current policy allowing transgender girls to participate on girls’ sports teams. according to to the New York Post.
City Councilman Leonard Silverman noted the importance of involving parents in the conversation and recognized the complexity of finding universally acceptable solutions. Although the resolution stops short of directly advocating a ban on transgender athletes in women’s sports, one of the resolution’s sponsors, Councilwoman Maude Maron, who is known for supporting such restrictions, said: It sees the proposal as a starting point for a broader discussion on the eligibility of transgender athletes in women’s sports. This was reported by the women’s sports newspaper. (Related: Major organizations celebrate female athletes on Capitol Hill while promoting men in women’s sports)
Manhattan’s largest neighborhood school board district is seeking to pass a resolution that could lead to a ban on “transgender” athletes from women’s sports.
[In quotation marks because they haven’t really changed genders, because you can’t change gender.]
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“Gender guidelines apply to all students, so all students should have had a say in creating the guidelines,” Maron told the New York Post. “True inclusivity means listening to everyone and listening to ideas with which we disagree. We are simply calling for the gender guidelines to be reviewed and redrafted after hearing opinions.”
However, the Department of Energy reiterated its position on gender inclusivity. “In New York City public schools, all students have the right to have their gender, gender identity, and gender expression recognized and respected,” the DOE said in a statement, as reported by the New York Post. “At our schools, all students are able to participate in sports and athletics according to their gender identity, and exclusion of students based on gender identity or expression is prohibited.”
