• March 28, 2024

Oregon Government Forces Schools To Allow Boys To Play Girls’ Sports And Use Their Locker Rooms

Oregon’s state government released a set of guidelines for schools Thursday informing educators that students must be allowed to use whatever locker rooms they want and play on opposite-sex sports teams as long as they say it reflects their chosen gender identity.

Not only that but if the student doesn’t want his or her parents to know, teachers don’t have to tell them.

The 15-page document makes Oregon one of just a handful of states to release detailed guidelines for how states should handle the topic of transgender students. In general, the guide tells teachers to adhere to the wishes of students when it comes to affirming their chosen gender identity.

“A student who says she is a girl and wishes to be regarded that way throughout the school day should be respected and treated like any other girl,” it says. “So too with a student who says he is a boy.” Students should be called by whatever name they wish (regardless of their legal name), and they have the right to use bathrooms and locker rooms of either sex in accordance with their wishes.

“There is no need for the student to prove their new gender. The student’s declaration of their gender is acceptable,” the guide adds.

If the student wishes for their transgender identity to be confidential, school officials are expected to do what they can to conceal the student’s legal name to help keep the secret.

On the other hand, if a student does want their transgender identity to be known, the document tells educators to do what they can to “inform and educate” other students about the student’s transgender status.

Notably, the guidelines state that transgender students should be allowed to play on any sports team they want, without restrictions. If a male student tells school officials that he identifies as female, he must be allowed to play women’s sports. This rule only applies for intramural sports; inter-school sports are governed by the Oregon School Activities Association, which requires males to undergo at least a year of hormone treatment before playing girls’ sports competitively.

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