{"id":2018907,"date":"2023-09-01T02:08:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T06:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alaska-board-of-education-votes-to-support-ban-on-transgender-athletes-on-girls-high-school-teams\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T02:12:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T06:12:04","slug":"alaska-board-of-education-votes-to-support-ban-on-transgender-athletes-on-girls-high-school-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alaska-board-of-education-votes-to-support-ban-on-transgender-athletes-on-girls-high-school-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Alaska Education Board Backs Ban on Transgender Athletes in Girls&#8217; High School Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falaska-board-of-education-votes-to-support-ban-on-transgender-athletes-on-girls-high-school-teams%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2018907&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Alaska State Board of Education Votes to Support\u200c Ban on Transgender Athletes in Girls&#8217; High School Teams<\/h2>\n<p>The Alaska State \u2062Board of Education made a significant decision on Thursday \u200bregarding \u2062transgender athletes participating in girls&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">high school<\/a> teams. The\u200c board \u200bvoted in favor of a ban, which will now be reviewed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevada-trump-campaign-says-clark-county-registrar-joe-gloria-hiding-from-subpoena-service\/\" title=\"Nevada: Trump Campaign Says Clark County Registrar Joe Gloria Hiding From Subpoena Service\">state attorney general<\/a> to determine its\u2062 implementation.<\/p>\n<p>During a special session, the board convened and passed\u200b a regulation with a 7\u20131 vote. The\u2062 regulation\u200b states, &#8220;If\u200b a separate \u200bhigh school athletics team is established for female students, participation shall be limited to females \u200cwho were assigned female at birth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Felix \u2062Myers, the student representative from high school, was the sole dissenting vote among the board members. Additionally, the military adviser on the board chose to abstain \u200cfrom voting.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/sports\/former-tennis-pro-weighs-in-again-on-transgender-athletes-5484446\">Former Tennis Pro Weighs In Again on Transgender \u2062Athletes<\/a> &#8211; 8\/31\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/texas-missouri-judges-issue-contrasting-rulings-on-transgender-treatments-for-minors-5481083\">Texas, Missouri Judges Issue Contrasting Rulings on Transgender Treatments for Minors<\/a> &#8211; 8\/26\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In \u200bJuly, the board initially addressed the issue \u200cbut \u200bpostponed the vote after extensive testimony and the receipt of approximately 1,400 pages \u200cof written feedback.<\/p>\n<p>No public comments\u200d were entertained during the most recent meeting.<\/p>\n<p>In March of \u2064this year,\u200b Lorri Van Diest\u200c introduced the initial non-binding resolution concerning \u2063the matter (<a href=\"https:\/\/education.alaska.gov\/state_board\/pdf\/02-2023%20SBOE%20Resolution%20Preserving%20the%20Opportunity%20for%20Athletes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a>). She highlighted the challenge of achieving a balance between\u2062 inclusion \u200dand fairness due to physiological\u2064 disparities between the sexes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will be voting \u2062for \u200bthe regulation amendment because I am part of the group that prioritizes competitive fairness and safety for\u2063 high school\u2064 girl athletes,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The agenda indicated that \u200cthe state government\u200c administration did not provide any advice on whether the proposal should be approved or not.<\/p>\n<p>Board member Bob Griffin clarified that he \u2064held no personal objections to how individuals choose to express their gender identity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But the\u200b issue at hand is not gender identity,\u2064 it&#8217;s performance differences between biological males and biological females and the competitive fairness that that implies,&#8221; Mr. \u200bGriffin said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Griffin emphasized the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alaska-board-of-education-votes-to-support-ban-on-transgender-athletes-on-girls-high-school-teams\/\" title=\"Alaska Education Board Backs Ban on Transgender Athletes in Girls' High School Sports\">considerable competitive edge biological males possess<\/a> over biological females in most sports.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If this were not true, we wouldn&#8217;t need Title IX or separate sport\u2062 divisions for boys and \u200dgirls, and roughly half the \u200cmembers\u2063 of high\u200c school football teams would \u2063be \u2064girls,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Griffin pointed to Alaskan \u200cOlympian\u2063 Lydia Jacoby, who\u2064 won a gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke at \u2062the Tokyo Games in 2021, noting that her gold-winning best time\u200d was four seconds slower than &#8220;the Alaska state high\u2063 school record for \u2063boys.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While acknowledging that \u200cmost Alaskans are proud\u2063 of\u2063 Ms. Jacoby, he added, &#8220;We clearly have \u200ba duty to promote the principles of fairness and equity for biological women and \u2063girls.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alaska&#8217;s Republican \u200cGov. Mike Dunleavy, who appointed the board members, supports the regulation, emphasizing its importance in\u200d maintaining\u200b fairness in girls&#8217; sports.<\/p>\n<p>Alaska Attorney General\u200d Treg \u2063Taylor, a Republican, will be \u200cresponsible for deciding whether the regulation should be implemented.<\/p>\n<p>Around \u200d22 states have enacted legislation that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-house-passes-save-womens-sports-bill\/\" title=\"Texas House passes \u2018Save Women\u2019s Sports Bill\u2019\">prohibits transgender athletes<\/a> from participating in girls&#8217; teams in K-12 schools. Some of these laws also \u2063extend to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/swimmer-riley-gaines-rebuttals-espn-for-lia-thomas-womens-history-month-segment\/\" title=\"Swimmer Riley Gaines rebuttals ESPN for Lia Thomas\u2019 Women\u2019s History Month segment\">preventing transgender individuals<\/a> \u200dfrom joining boys&#8217; teams, and a subset also extends the prohibition to college-level athletics.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bAnchorage\u200d School District<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Alaska State Board of Education voted to back a prohibition on transgender athletes participating in girls&#8217; high school teams. The matter will be reviewed by the state attorney general to decide its implementation. 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