A transgender high school athlete who suffered multiple injuries during a women’s basketball game in February was suspended from the rowing team after a man was “spotted” staring at a topless woman as she changed clothes in the locker room. was receiving. daily mail report.
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Lowell College Charter School in Massachusetts opted to cancel its Feb. 8 basketball game against KIPP Academy Lynn after three players were benched with injuries, Blaze News previously reported.
The charter school said the players who remained on the team “expressed concerns” to coaches that they could be injured if they continued.
“The players were afraid they would get injured and miss the playoffs,” the charter school said.
A transgender male KIPP Academy Lynn player who is over 6 feet tall and has facial hair is reportedly responsible for multiple injuries during the game.
Video of the game play showed Lin, a KIPP Academy player, tearing the basketball from a female opponent, causing her to fall to the ground. According to her video, she then appeared to be unable to stand up, holding her back due to her pain.
After the incident, the charter school released a statement pointing to the “roughness of the game” and supporting the coach’s decision to forfeit the game. [the] The play was captured on video.
‘Condemn’ KIPP Academy[ed] Harmful comments are being made online against members of our community. The male athlete is believed to be 17 or 18 years old and is a member of the school’s girls’ volleyball and track teams.
Players who left the rowing team
A March 20, 2024 report A report sent by Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana to the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee notes that male athletes who identify as transgender had previously It was revealed that he had been suspended from participating in the Independent Boating League. According to the Guardian, American Rowing Association.
Parents told the committee that the male player had been allowed to join the women’s national team, but was removed for the following reasons:[ing] There are many issues for female athletes. ”
“In accordance with USA Rowing, male athletes were also allowed to use the women’s locker room.” [USRowing] policy,” the report says. “The girls avoided using the locker room, but a few months later a guy blatantly stared at one of the girls while she was changing in the girls’ locker room and said, ‘Wow, shit.’ I was caught saying that.” A female player nearby asked, “Is this the first time you’ve seen a woman’s breasts?” The man laughed and replied, “Oh, yeah.” As a result of this incident, the male player was suspended. ”
The report called the incident a “direct incident of harassment.”
In October 2022, 15 parents sent a letter to USRowing claiming their children were “intimidated” into silence. Killet report. Her parents said the male athlete joined the women’s rowing team after finishing “near the bottom” of the club’s men’s team. The parents claimed the player had not shaved his hair or made any other efforts to appear more feminine, and also noted that he continued to wear a men’s club uniform.
“The girls were scared and kept quiet,” the parents wrote, according to the Quillette newspaper. “Defamations and mental health threats are being used as emotional blackmail to silence us all while women are being harmed and devalued. … Our daughters They too faced uncomfortable situations in the locker room. … They stopped changing in the locker room and started hiding. These young girls had to face men’s bodies every day when they undressed. I should never have gone through what I was told I shouldn’t have.”
“The rowing team also required male athletes to room with them on expeditions. Girls were reluctant to quit rowing because they were afraid of being forced to be alone with a man in a hotel room. We consulted with them,” the parents added.
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