A bearded transgender basketball player at a private school in Massachusetts has been suspended from the women’s rowing team for staring at a topless girl in the locker room after a video of him defeating a rival during a game went viral, according to reports. It is said that he received
The same 6-foot student-athlete, who enrolled at KIPP Academy in Lynn, Massachusetts, reported participating in six different girls’ sports, including rowing, volleyball, and taekwondo. Australian magazine “Quillette”.
The student, believed to be 17 or 18, joined the private club’s women’s rowing team in Massachusetts in 2021 after reportedly underperforming on the men’s team.
The inclusion of transgender athletes has caused problems for fellow rowers, according to a copy of a letter signed by 15 concerned parents sent to the sport’s national governing body, USRowing. .
A parent told the publication that the player did not shave his stubble and continued to wear the men’s team uniform.
The final straw was an incident that occurred in 2022. A transgender rower allegedly entered the women’s locker room, saw a topless teammate and said, “Oh, tie,” referring to her breasts.
When another rower in the locker room asked her if it was the first time a transgender teammate had seen a woman’s breasts, she laughed and said, “Oh, yeah.”
The KIPP Academy student was then reported to the U.S. Center for SafeSport and was suspended from the team.
