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Sep 6, 2016 · I was just me, not a boy who was secretly a girl. Once the whistle blew or the race was over, however, it was time to enter my own personal hell as a transgender woman: the boys’ locker room.
- The Changing Landscape of Sport For Trans Athletes
- Locker Rooms and Facilities
- Why Does It Matter?
- Inclusive Locker Rooms: The Best Option For All Athletes
- The Answer: Inclusive Principles For All Athletes
While legislative battles over transgender rights have been focused on school bathrooms, the issue of transgender rights in the entire sporting worldis not a new one. Changes at higher levels indicate a shifting, more trans-inclusive sport landscape. The International Olympic Committee (IOC), which for a long time was recognized as having one of th...
As with policies governing their participation in high school sports, policies influencing trans athletes’ use of locker rooms vary considerably by state – and even by school. In some cases, trans athletes may be restricted to use facilities congruent with their sex assigned at birth. In other cases, they’re restricted to separate facilities specif...
Specialized, private facilities can magnify the potential for isolation. In the now-infamous case of Gavin Grimm, he was asked to use a retrofitted broom closet and nurse’s restroombecause he was a transgender student. In such cases, the transgender students may internalize the message of their unequal worth. Such isolation also physically separate...
A more inclusive option is to allow all athletes to access facilities – including locker rooms – that are consistent with their gender identities. Two objections, however, are sometimes raised to gender-inclusive locker rooms: safety and privacy. Arguments around safety are sometimes expressed as a concern that transgender individuals themselves ar...
It’s possible that the courts will soon clarify the obligation of education institutions to accommodate transgender students’ use of segregated facilities. Regardless of the outcome, sport associations in the educational context and beyond can, and in our view should, continue to lead the way toward more inclusive practices and spaces for all athle...
Mar 21, 2024 · There’s a good reason women might want to hang out in a space where they feel comfortable. At the sharp end, there are women who are survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence.
- Catharine Lumby
Oct 15, 2009 · Taking a Daughter to the Men’s Room. A new sign in the women’s locker room of my neighborhood gym tells me “boys over the age of 5 are not permitted.”. I am told there is a similar sign about...
This week, hockey iconoclast Don Cherry made the bold claim that, 40 years on, the locker room is no place for a woman – fighting words to Globe sports editor Shawna Richer.
Men’s guys will be in the middle of the bathroom talking or will go to urinal and look in the mirror and leave fast without making eye contact. More people doing makeup and hair and hearing convos and it’s just like a busy place in the girls bathroom.
May 13, 2016 · Transgender people generally prefer using the bathroom or locker room that matches their gender identity, not the one that corresponds with the gender they were assigned at birth.
