2. History
2003- IOC creates first Transgender athlete policy
• Required surgery and hormone therapy for transgender athletes (IOC,
2003)
• Revised in 2016- no longer required surgery (IOC, 2015)
2011- NCAA creates its’ first policy for member
schools
• FTM- Compete on male teams, but cannot than play for female team
again (without making a mixed team)
• MTF- Can play on men’s team even after starting hormone therapy-
cannot play on women’s team until after completing 1 yr. of hormone
suppression therapy
3. History cont.
High School Level
• 2007- Washington State and Colorado become first 2 states to
write policies for transgender athletes
• Revised with expert input to be more “age appropriate”
OHSAA
• Has well-being of student athletes in mind with confidential
medical records
• Want all involved to have access to proper training and
resources
• Vague language
• “The integrity of women’s sports should be preserved”
• Who defines “sound medical evidence”?
4. Arguments held by Lawyers
• The need to have policies in place for possible legal reasons
• Protects students from discrimination
• Could have potential legal standing with The Equal Protection
Clause of the Fourteenth amendment, which states that “no
state shall… deny to any person within its jurisdiction the
equal protection of the laws.”
• Lawsuits could use Title IX, The Americans With Disabilities
Act, as well as state specific statutes for possible legal backing
5.
6. Bill of Rights
1. Every state shall adopt and commit to an inclusive bill of
rights for transgender student athletes for the protection of
both the athlete and school.
2. Transgender students will notify schools before participation,
for their own safety. Without prior knowledge, the school is
unable to provide proper support to them.
3. State and school policies will avoid establishing policies
based on the gender recorded on students’ birth certificate.
7. Bill of Rights cont.
4. Policy makers will be committed to not having different
categories for participation based on FTM and MTF
transgender identities.
5. The sport in which the student wants to participate shall not
be a factor in deciding whether or not to allow them to play.
6. The state athletic associations will establish an over-arching
set of policies for the state. By failing to do so, students may
face discrimination in one district, while students in other
districts are allowed to participate in sporting activities.
8. Bill of Rights
7. In addition to policies outlining participation in sport, the
administration will provide clear guidelines for bathroom
and locker room use for transgender students.
8. Schools will not require sex reassignment surgery for
transgender students to participate.
9. Policies will use appropriate terms when referring to
transgender students such using the correct pronouns by
which the student chooses to be identified.
10. References
Green, L. (2011). Transgender Athletes on School Sports Teams. High School
Today, 4(5), 12-14. Retrieved from
https://nfhs.org/media/9728/high_school_today_february_11.pdf
IOC Consensus Meeting on Sex Reassignment and Hyperandrogenism. (2015,
November). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved from
http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Commissions_PDFfiles/Medical_comm
ission/2015-
11_ioc_consensus_meeting_on_sex_reassignment_and_hyperandrogenism-
en.pdf
NCAA Office of Inclusion. (2011, August). NCAA Inclusion of Transgender
Student-Athletes. Retrieved from
https://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/Transgender_Handbook_2011_Final
.pdf
11. References
Ohio High School Athletic Association. (2014, November). Transgender Policy.
Retrieved from http://www.ohsaa.org/eligibility/TransgenderPolicy.pdf
Statement of the Stockholm consensus on sex reassignment in sports. (2003,
December). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved from
http://www.olympic.org/documents/reports/en/en_report_905.pdf
