A Merced high school forfeited a girls volleyball game because the opponent included a trans athlete. A school official said the school believes gender is not changeable.
A private Christian high school in Merced withdrew its girls volleyball team from a state playoff game against a team with a transgender athlete in a decision a school official said was based on 'God's Word' and the belief that gender is not changeable. Stone Ridge Christian High School forfeited Saturday night's California Interscholastic Federation NorCal Division VI volleyball match against San Francisco Waldorf, a Bay Area private school.
'Excluding them from sports sends a terrible message that they are not worthy of being treated the same as cisgender teammates and classmates,' she said. Riley Gaines, a former collegiate swimmer and activist who opposes trans women's participation in female sports, shared a photo of the Stone Ridge Christian girls volleyball team on X and urged her 1.
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