Kindergarten girls targeted for invasive exams by new GOP-led ballot measure
Washington State voters will decide the fate of a ballot initiative that would require girls from kindergarten through high school to undergo sex-verification testing before playing school sports — a measure critics call the most extreme of its kind in the country.
IL26-638 would bar transgender athletes from girls' teams by mandating that a health-care provider certify a player's sex assigned at birth, using genetic screening, testosterone testing or an examination of reproductive anatomy as part of the annual sports physical every young athlete already undergoes, reported The Cut.
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GROSS.
Skipping the middleman and just put kiddie diddling down in the law, huh? Can't say I'm surprised in any way
Unsurprising that the testing required doesn't actually exist and doesn't actually help protect kids playing sports in any way
Sports should be combined at least up to the fifth grade. Preferably any time before high school. The physical differences that cause unfair competition don't exist that young.
yeah we had mixed gym in gradeschool and like some of the best kickball players were girls at that point.
There are legitimate reasons to separate them that aren't about physical differences. Same for mental competitions like chess. In many cases, it's to increase interest among the girls who would otherwise avoid it. Having a girls'/women's team makes it feel more open to them.
Of course, whenever the purpose is transphobia (or rather, oppression of transgender people), logic and evidence aren't the point. Laws like this have nothing to do with "leveling the playing field", that's just an excuse that people can understand.