Can transgender boys compete in girls’ sports?

Local schools cite law, High School League rules

Jerry Bellune
Posted 2/11/21

Lexington County parents may have reservations about President Joe Biden’s latest executive order.

The President said he wants to end “discrimination” based on sex.

This includes …

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Can transgender boys compete in girls’ sports?

Local schools cite law, High School League rules

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Lexington County parents may have reservations about President Joe Biden’s latest executive order.

The President said he wants to end “discrimination” based on sex.

This includes “gender identity” in schools, sports, the military and elsewhere.

We asked all 5 county school districts for their policy on former boys competing with girls in sports.

Mary Beth Hill of Lexington 1 said her district handles transgender issues in accord with the law and SC High School League rules regarding student participation in sports.

District 5 in Irmo and Chapin doesn’t discriminate on the basis of sex, according to Katrina Goggins.

“We handle transgender issues consistent with the law, including Title IX, as well as district policies and the SC High School League’s rules.”

Neither answered if this means transgender boys may compete in girls’ sports.

The other 3 districts have not yet responded.

The President’s executive order can mean boys who identify as girls can’t be excluded from using girls’ rest rooms, locker rooms and participating in sports.

Critics argue it ends privacy and protections for girls.

The language indicates that women-only sports, bathrooms, and locker rooms at federally funded institutions will have to be open to biological men who consider themselves female and vice versa.

That would include all schools and colleges that accept federal dollars.

“Children should be able to learn without worrying about whether they will be denied access to the restroom, locker room, or school sports,” the order states.

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