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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...
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...
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.
Sep 17, 2024 · But as my eyes adjusted to the darkness of the bathroom, I realized I wasn’t the only girl in the men’s building. There we stood, in the dark, two transgirls where we shouldn’t be—a late ...
Feb 4, 2019 · Misogynistic banter between men is as ancient as it is pernicious; there is nothing “just” about it. The Historical Locker Room explores homosociality – same sex social bonds – in historical context.
May 13, 2016 · An employee at the center who spoke on condition of anonymity says the individual using the locker room appears to present as a man—wearing swim shorts or trunks to swim, with sideburns going...
