A Utah school investigated a high school athlete — digging into her records back to kindergarten — after she defeated two other girls and their parents then questioned whether she was transgender.
The school and the Utah High School Activities Association investigated the athlete, without letting her or her parents know.
The association often gets complaints, including “when an athlete doesn’t look feminine enough,” he said, adding that it looks into each one. In this case, the school did an initial review of the winning student’s high school record and saw she was registered as a female student. Spatafore said the student and her family weren’t told because it might be offensive or embarrassing that someone thought the girl was transgender; he said she wasn’t told to protect her. The parents would’ve been involved “if needed,” Spatafore said. But he felt the school was able to clear up concerns by looking at her records instead.
Robbins acknowledged some of the social implications of letting an athlete know about an investigation, causing concern and possible isolation. “It can be harmful from that perspective,” she said.Robbins wants UHSAA to think about the issue further and draft a process. “My goodness, we’re living in this world where we’ve become sore losers, and we’re looking for any reason why our kid lost,” he said. “I have a real problem with that story. ... I just wish we could be a little more thoughtful in life and a little less critical of other people.”
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