Riaan A Isikole samabanga aphezulu eMassachusetts wafakwa obala ngasekupheleni kwenyanga edlule ngesikhathi bethatha umqhudelwano wesifundazwe kumantombazane angaphakathi kwe-indoor track and field ngosizo lomfundi oseshintshe ubulili.
U-Chloe Barnes uthole amaphuzu amahlanu kwangu-63 e-Brookline High School ku-Girls 55m Hurdles ngasekupheleni kukaFebhuwari ngesikhathi esingu-8.72. UBarnes uqede endaweni yesine emjahweni nangemuva komunye wozakwabo. U-Barnes, nokho, wehlulekile ukungena kowamanqamu we-Meet of Champions ngokuhamba kwesikhathi emqhudelwaneni kahulumeni.
I-Brookline iwine indondo I-Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletics Association I-Division 1 Indoor Track and Field Championships phezu kweNewton North, Wachusett kanye neCentral Catholic. INewton North ithole amaphuzu ama-5 kumqhudelwano womqhudelwano.
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Inqubomgomo yaseMassachusetts ivumele abasubathi be-transgender ukuthi baqhudelane nobulili abazihlanganisa nabo.
Nokho-ke ingxabano iqale kuleli sonto njengoba kugqame ukugijima kukaBarnes ezinkundleni zokuxhumana. ICONS Abesifazane, iqembu elimela abasubathi besifazane, liphawule ukuthi u-Barnes – umfana wemvelo – uphushe enye intombazane ukuthi ingakwazi ukungena kowamanqamu emqhudelwaneni wezithiyo. Leli qembu liphawule ukuthi izithiyo zabafana zinde kunezihibe zamantombazane nasemidlalweni yezikole zamabanga aphezulu.
Usizi lwaba nolaka.
“Ukukopela nje!! Lokhu akufanele kuvunyelwe,” kusho umsubathi wama-Olympic u-Andy Turner kuTwitter.
Umsubathi we-Olympian uSharon Davies uvumile, “Lokhu ukukopela!!”
Izikhulu zaseMassachusetts zakha indlela yokuthi amantombazane nabafana abashintsha ubulili baqhudelane nobulili abazikhomba ngo-2012.
“Lapho kukhona amakilasi ahlukaniswe ngobulili noma imisebenzi yezokusubatha, okuhlanganisa nokusubatha kwe-intramural kanye ne-interscholastic, bonke abafundi kufanele bavunyelwe ukubamba iqhaza ngendlela ehambisana nobunikazi babo bobulili,” ifundeka kanjalo inqubomgomo yoMnyango Wezemfundo Eyisisekelo Nesekondari yaseMassachusetts. “Mayelana ne-interscholastic athletics, iMassachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association izoncika ekunqumeni ubulili okwenziwa yisifunda somfundi; ngeke yenze izinqumo ezihlukene zobunikazi bobulili.”
I-Cypress – iphephandaba labafundi elizimele le-Brookline – iphawule inqubomgomo Yezikole Zomphakathi zase-Brookline mayelana nabafundi abashintsha ubulili ku-interscholastic athletics, eyashicilelwa ngo-2014.
Umbhikishi uzwakalisa ukusekela ukukhuthazwa kwe-transgender ideology ezikoleni ngesikhathi semashi ye-pro-transgender ngo-Okthoba 2022. (UMark Kerrison/In Izithombe nge-Getty Images)
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“Abafundi abangama-transgender bangase babambe iqhaza ngokuhambisana nobunikazi bobulili abahlala bugomela esikoleni. Imisebenzi ye-Interscholastic Athletic iqondiswa nge-Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Gender Identity Policy (MIAA) ukucaciswa,” kusho inqubomgomo.
UBarnes utshele iphephandaba labafundi ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi babefuna ukuzilolonga neqembu lamantombazane kodwa bagijimela iqembu labafana ngenxa yokwesaba ukuthi abanye bangabaza ukuthi benzani. UBarnes ukubeke kwacaca ukuthi ngeke bavumele uvalo lubafikele njengoba babezoqhudelana namantombazane ngo-2022-23.
U-Barnes uphinde waba nomyalezo ongaqondile kulabo abazama ukuvimba abasubathi be-transgender kubameli abazama ukuvimbela abesilisa bemvelo ukuthi baqhudelane namantombazane emiqhudelwaneni egunyaziwe.
“Sebenzisana nakho,” kusho uBarnes etshela iphephandaba. “Vele ubhekane nayo.”
UBarnes akenzanga lutho olungekho emthethweni futhi wabonakala ebamba iqhaza emithethweni yezokusubatha esikoleni samabanga aphakeme iMassachusetts. Ukuthi kwakulungile yini ukuthi kwenzeke lokho kungomunye umbuzo.
Kusukela kwezokusubatha okuqoqiwe kuye kwezemidlalo yezikole zamabanga aphezulu, impikiswano isikhulile mayelana nokuthi abesifazane namantombazane ashintshe ubulili baqhudelane nabesifazane bemvelo futhi amantombazane kuyinkundla yokudlala elinganayo ngempela.
Lia Thomas, owesifazane oshintshe ubulili, uwine umqhudelwano wokubhukuda wabesifazane we-NCAA emqhudelwaneni wamahhala ongu-500 ngoMashi odlule. Inkulumompikiswano isize yangena emnyango we-NCAA.
Umbhukudi wase-University of Pennsylvania u-Lia Thomas, ophakathi nendawo, ungena kowamanqamu we-200 Freestyle ngesikhathi se-NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships ngoMashi 18, 2022 eMcAuley Aquatic Center e-Atlanta. (Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire nge-Getty Images)
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Muva nje, a Isikole samaKristu saseVermont savalwa kusukela emiqhudelwaneni yesikhathi esizayo egunyazwe umbuso ngokwenqaba kweqembu lamantombazane le-basketball ukudlala omunye umuntu omelene naye owayenentombazane eshintshe ubulili eqenjini.
