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I choose this article because it was about something that i care about, sports. Although there was a lot of information on the website most of it didn't interest me that much. The article that i read was about how schools were stating to make sure that the "physical education climate is based on the core principals of respect, safety and equal access for all students and coaches regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.(Daryl Presgraves)" When i went and tried to find more information on this subject it was very easy. One of the first things that I found was about a transgender athlete playing for the George Washington Women's basketball team. She was the first athlete to play Division 1 athletics as a transgender athlete. I feel like this relates because i also found another article about this athlete and how the school ended her season. The article said that she had suffered from numerous concussions and therefore her season would be over. It was also said in the article that the doctor did clear her to play but the school over ruled it saying that she wasn't fully recovered yet. The school wasn't aware of the athlete being transgender until her junior year and that's when her playing time started going down and when the school ended her season. Then going along with the article from GLSEN it shouldn't matter what is going on with the athlete. She should be treated equally and allowed to play if she was cleared to play be a medical doctor but the school trainer said to keep her out.
I think it was an interesting topic that you chose to write about. I an interested in sports too so i thought it was strange that the school didnt know that the athlete was a transgender. makes you think about what else they dont know
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