The initiative would ensure that “students compete in athletic activities consistent with the gender assigned at birth,” echoing restrictions in 27 other states and effectively blocking transgender girls from joining girls’ middle- and high-school teams.
  • GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    Dr. Erica Li, a pediatrician who supports Heywood’s measure to block trans girls from girls’ teams, acknowledged that sports physicals don’t currently require sex verification.

    But she noted that other types of exams do, such as annual pediatrician checkups, which are more robust than a sports signoff.

    Every child who sees a pediatrician regularly should receive a brief genital exam at some point “to confirm that puberty is progressing properly,” Li said. Doctors could use this information to confirm birth sex without conducting a separate visual inspection for the sports physical, she said.

    Li said that students could get the genetic or hormone test options listed in the initiative, in lieu of a genital exam. She also said a doctor could review a student’s birth records, though language in the initiative does not mention that alternative.

    daily i’m reminded that most doctors in germany joined the nazi party

    • SoyViking [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      1 month ago

      They managed to check if my puberty was progressing properly by simply asking me in a questionnaire. I never had my genitals examined as a child. Neither have my own children.

      Are yank doctors really fondling the genitalia of children for no good reason?

    • Blakey [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Every child who sees a pediatrician regularly should receive a brief genital exam at some point “to confirm that puberty is progressing properly,” Li said

      Someone needs to check this freak’s hard drive tbqh.