School board in El Paso County moves to restrict transgender athletes, citing safety and fairness
By Ann Schimke | Colorado Sun
At an April school board meeting near Colorado Springs, debate raged over a proposed policy to ban transgender students from playing on school sports teams that match their gender identity.
A high school student named Sadie, who spoke against the policy, asked why her district would need a blanket policy when a tiny percentage of student athletes are transgender.
A 60-year-old man who supported the policy and described himself as stronger than any woman in the building claimed a transgender girl could slam a ball into a girl’s head hard enough to put her in the hospital.
A father opposed to the policy said his son, a district student, has an extra X chromosome and suggested gender is more complicated than it seems.
He said of the proposed policy...
