Civil Rights A complaint has been filed On behalf of a Washington teenage girl, she was allegedly punished by the U.S. Department of Education's Civil Rights Office for refusing to play a basketball game with a trans athlete.
The complaint alleges that Washington's Tanwater School District is currently investigating 15-year-old Francis Stoast after violating the district's policies against bullying and harassment on February 7th.
According to the documents, prior to the game, Staudt asked the school's principal and athletic director if the player was a biological male. The administrator has since said they confirmed that the player was notified that he was transgender, but pleaded to remove the player.
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Staudt removed himself from the game. Afterwards, according to the documents, TSD employees allegedly confronted Staudt's younger brother to video the game.
Fox News Digital contacted TSD for comment.
Staudt has appeared in the YouTube series.”[un]It is divided into Brandi Creuset“To discuss this week’s situation with my mother, they each repeated many of the same claims included in the complaint.
“I was feeling a threat to me. I said I was going to hell. “After this, I wish you good luck, what future I have,” he said, “I've all done it.” I know people who report your account is happy to see your downfall and know that due to your decision to post this, it will be a really tough time in your future. “I'll do that,” Staudt told the show.
A few days later, a trans athlete was involved in the incident identified as Andy Luke. In the same show With the athlete's father.
If Staudt's concerns were known, Lukes would have sat there.
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“I had never had any problems up until this game. My goal was never to make anyone uncomfortable. Francis has had problems until he screams in the game. I didn't even realize it,” Lukes said. “If she had been having a conversation with me before the game, I would have sat there. The last thing I want to do is make anyone uncomfortable.”
Lukes added that if the opponent is uncomfortable in the face of a trans athlete, the athlete will sit in the future game.
“If the other people and players I'm playing against are saying, 'I'm not happy with this,' I'll sit down,” Lukes said.
Lukes also continued to acknowledge that biological men retain a biological advantage over women, and that athletes do not believe that trans athletes should compete with women at the Olympics.
Lukes' father, Donnie Brooks, defended the child in the situation, claiming that Andy had never played boys basketball and only played girls' sports. Donnie Brooks said he voted for President Donald Trump. Donald Trump recently signed an executive order to prevent trans athletes from competing in women's sports.
But Washington is one of many Democrat-run states, including California, Minnesota, Massachusetts and Maine, pushing back Trump's order.
High school athletes in Washington are currently allowed to compete based on gender identity rather than biological sex. WIAA's policy states that each athlete will participate in a program that “matches gender identity or the most consistently expressed gender” with no medical or even legal requirements. A bill has been introduced that prohibits transgender girls from participating in sports for girls and women, but has not passed.
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However, the issue was so concerned with residents that in December the WIAA announced a proposal to create another open division for trans athletes to compete.
“To maintain fair and fair competition, girls' sports and girls' sports divisions are restricted to students assigned women at birth. The purpose of this policy is to: “To be clear about – Diverse student-athletes. Furthermore, this policy encourages a culture where student-athletes can compete in a safe, supportive environment without discrimination,” the proposal read.
The proposal came weeks after the Central Valley Board of Education, which oversees the Spokane Valley schools. Lake Liberty, Washingtonafter many discussions at the school board meeting, he voted to send a message to the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) on the issue.
The resolution entitled “Supporting Equity and Safety in Women's Sports” claims that the entire board is made up of female members with daughters who competed in athletics or competed in athletics. .
One of the women, an unidentified current cross-country runner, shared her experiences at the hearing.
“When I ran cross country for Greenacres Middle School, a boy who was biologically male but competed on the girls team,” she said. “I respect everyone's right to participate in sports, but the circumstances have questioned the fairness of those with physical advantages associated with male biology.”
In May, a trans athlete competed in the Women's Cross Country Championship and won.
Veronica Garcia, formerly known as Devina Brown and Donovan Brown, won the 400m heat race in the women's division in 55.59 seconds. The runner in second place finished in 58.83 seconds. In the final, Garcia won with a time of 55.75 seconds.
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