Grace Brethren Christian had planned to depart at the end of the year, but accelerated its exit over the league’s approach to transgender athletes.
By Samantha Pell Samantha Pell Reporter covering high school sports Email Bio Follow March 22 at 10:33 AM For Grace Brethren Christian School, a small independent school in southern Prince George’s County with students ranging from prekindergarten to 12th grade, the decision to leave its independent athletic conference was initially made after it tired of the long travel to many of its sporting events.
Hornickel had claimed the PVAC “began to allow male athletes, identifying as females” to play in league games in the fall of 2018 without a discussion or a two-thirds vote as required by the league. The conference claimed it always had allowed athletes to compete on teams consistent with their gender identities, but agreed by a majority vote in February to update their bylaws to include specific wording.The Washington International School student newspaper first reported on the change.
Nine state high school athletics associations are considered to have “discriminatory” policies when it comes to gender identity, according to the website transathlete.com, which tracks state policies for high school sports. There are 11 state associations, including Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, which are deemed to have fully inclusive policies.
Donald Trump Jr., President Trump’s eldest son, was among those who spoke out against the transgender athletes being allowed to compete with the girls, tweeting: “I feel so sorry for the young ladies who trained their whole lives to be the best in their state and to hopefully attain scholarships etc etc . . . this is a grave injustice.”
In the Washington area, other independent athletic leagues such as the Interstate Athletic Conference and the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference have gender-inclusive policies in place to protect their transgender athletes. The Washington Catholic Athletic Conference , which says it is currently updating its handbook for next school year, does not have a specific gender policy, but acknowledges that it has had talks in the past among its members about gender identity.
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