Public-school superintendents in Texas have overwhelmingly approved
an amendment to the University Interscholastic League’s constitution
that will require the league to use a birth certificate in determining
questions about a student-athlete’s gender.
A referendum ballot submitted to the state’s superintendents in
January found 95 percent in favor of the proposal (586-32, with 2
non-responses).
Critics of the measure have called it a “horrible policy” for
transgender athletes, essentially denying students a chance to
participate in middle school and high school athletics. The new rule
would force transgender students to amend their birth certificate, a
laborious and potentially costly process, in order to play.
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According to TransAthlete’s data, Texas now becomes one of the most
restrictive states in the nation for transgender athletic participation,
joining six other states (Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, New Mexico
and North Carolina) that require a birth certificate,
gender-reassignment surgery or documentation of hormone therapy. Florida
and California, the two states that most mimic Texas in student
participation, have far more inclusive rules.
Advocates call Texas UIL birth certificate ruling ‘horrible policy’ for transgender athletes | | Dallas Morning News
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