This argument by the school district’s lawyer is particularly infuriating:
Mintz also said that the September race lost by the Quakertown student had no bearing on her ability to compete in other races, and that there was no evidence the Quakertown student had lost any possible scholarships as a result of competing against Colonial’s transgender athlete — whom the district said is also not in contention for any athletic scholarships. (The Colonial athlete placed 139th in Fall District One championships, according to the district.)
The lawsuit doesn’t allege “any particular harm” suffered by the Quakertown student, aside from losing two races, Mintz said.
So girls should be just fine with losing races to boys because they don’t suffer “any particular harm”? I guess there is “no particular harm” in having a teenage boy in the girls’ locker room while they’re changing either, other than loss of privacy, dignity, and safety? The boy should go back to the boy’s team and lose to other boys because that definitely won’t cause him “any particular harm”.
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This argument by the school district’s lawyer is particularly infuriating:
So girls should be just fine with losing races to boys because they don’t suffer “any particular harm”? I guess there is “no particular harm” in having a teenage boy in the girls’ locker room while they’re changing either, other than loss of privacy, dignity, and safety? The boy should go back to the boy’s team and lose to other boys because that definitely won’t cause him “any particular harm”.