GWSS 262 Study Guide - Final Guide: John Carlos, The Star-Spangled Banner, Tommie Smith
26 Jun 2018
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GWSS 262 – FINAL NOTES PT 4
1) Women’s Sports Foundation, “Participation of Transgender
Athletes in Women’s Sports”
a. According to the Women’s Sports Foundation, schools are legally obligated
to accommodate transgender athletes. Why?
o“The Equal Protection Clause of the US Constitution and Title IX … have
both been interpreted by state and federal courts to encompass discrimination
based on gender stereotyping, including discrimination against individuals
because of their gender identity or expression”
b. Sport governing organizations should make accommodations to ensure
inclusion of transgender athletes in at least three areas: facilities, uniforms,
and pronouns/names, according to the Women’s Sports Foundation.
Understand and be able to give examples of how a school would
accommodate a transgender athlete in these three areas.
oFacilities:
Access to locker rooms, showers, and toilet facilities appropriate to
their gender identity
Increased privacy if desired
oUniforms:
If women’s and men’s team uniforms in the same sport are different,
transgender athletes with female gender identities should be permitted
to wear the WOMEN’S team uniform and vice versa
Gender neutral dress codes
oPronouns / Names:
Recognition of preferred gendered pronouns and names of transgender
athletes
c. Who is Schuyler Bailar? Why does his story serve as a landmark moment for
NCAA sports?
oTransgender swimming student at Harvard
oFirst openly transgender NCAA Division I swimmer
oFirst D1 transgender man to compete as a man in any sport
oTransitioned from female male
Now competes in men’s swimming
oWas the top swimmer in women’s swimming but fell back when joining the
men’s team
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Document Summary
Gwss 262 final notes pt 4: women"s sports foundation, participation of transgender. Athletes in women"s sports : according to the women"s sports foundation, schools are legally obligated to accommodate transgender athletes. Understand and be able to give examples of how a school would accommodate a transgender athlete in these three areas: facilities: Access to locker rooms, showers, and toilet facilities appropriate to their gender identity. If women"s and men"s team uniforms in the same sport are different, transgender athletes with female gender identities should be permitted to wear the women"s team uniform and vice versa. Gender neutral dress codes: pronouns / names: Why does his story serve as a landmark moment for. Ncaa sports: transgender swimming student at harvard, first openly transgender ncaa division i swimmer, first d1 transgender man to compete as a man in any sport, transitioned from female male.
