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A university volleyball match in California Wednesday evening was struck by a host of demonstrators in the middle of the controversy on a transgender player in one of the teams.
The Santa Rosa Junior College faced the Sierra College at Rocklin Weeks after several players from Santa Rosa filed a complaint in title IX concerning the management of the school of a biologically male teammate. Sierra won the match in two sets.
One of the demonstrators, the sports activist for local women, Beth Bourne, distributed the protest panels to the students who attended the game and said that it was the first time that she saw students protesting the problem in person.
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“It was the first time that we have experienced students who spectacular the game, asking us if they could also organize a sign to show their support for women. We have been at dozens of volleyball games, track competitions, cross-country races and other sporting events with men, but this is the first time that we have seen this type of support. For women “,” Bourne told PK Press Club.
Bourne added that the male athletes of Sierra have even joined the protest.
“We did not know if the signs were authorized in the match, but we waited for a waiting period to be called before handing them over to young male athletes. We had them for less than a few minutes,” she said. “We heard a young man from Sierra College say:” Yes, madam! Yes, madam! “Then this group of young men asked him if they could also hold some of our signs.
PK Press Club Digital contacted Santa Rosa and Sierra College for an answer.
Santa Rosa previously provided a declaration concerning the initial complaint of title IX.
California College students protest against a transgender volleyball player in a women’s match (Thanks to Beth Bourne)
“The Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) is committed to promoting an inclusive environment and supporting all students and employees. The district complies with the regulations of California Community College Athletic Association (3C2A), which govern the eligibility for students and participation in our sports programs,” said the press release.
“We respect the legal rights of the privacy of all students and cannot discuss individual circumstances. What we can affirm is that SRJC takes all reports seriously and responds through established procedures.”
Two of the female athletes of Santa Rosa who signed the complaint, Madison Shaw and Gracie Shaw, told PK Press Club Digital about the physical damage caused by the Trans teammate.
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Madison said that, last spring, she saw the Trans athlete raising a ball on the face of her high teammate that it caused a concussion.
“It had so much strength and so much impact with the head of my teammate that it led to a concussion, she was absent for two weeks of her second year, and she was upset. And obviously, injuries occur, it is inevitable, especially in a contact sport, but he could particularly have been prevented from not having this male athlete in the team,” said Madeison.
“She told me how exasperating (it was) because she did not believe that this athlete belonged to our team and now that she suffers, it really bothers her. But, a majority of our team, unfortunately, do not see him as we see. They support the male athlete in the team.”
Protesters “save female sports” in a women’s volleyball match in California (Courtet de Beth Bourne)
Meanwhile, Gracie said that she had herself been struck by one of the points of the Trans athlete.
“I myself was struck in the face by this male athlete in practice in August. I was ready, I knew that this male athlete was about to hit the ball, and I could not keep away from the way and that the ball had made me feel in the face and it was much more difficult than any other time that I had obtained other female athletes from our team,” said Gracie.
“It hurt badly … It came to my face so fast that I didn’t even have time to react.”
The two women, alongside his teammate Brielle Galli, filed their complaint for title IX against the school with the civil rights office of the United States Ministry of Education this month, in consultation with the Independent advice for female sports (Icons). Their complaint allegedly alleged that school administrators retaliated against them when they spoke internally, in opposition to the leash the trans athlete within the team.
“We said to our coach, sports director and our title IX coordinator from the start that we want to play, we want to be part of this team, but we are not ready to take the field while a male athlete is part of the team,” said Madison.
She added that the school administrators gave her a delayed response to find out if they would honor her request and refused her. Then, when Madison prepared a speech to tell her teammates that she would move away from the team because of the Trans athlete, her coach told her that she “could not”.
“Our coach sends me an SMS saying:” No, you cannot tell the team your reasons for not having taken the court, and we must really respect the intimacy of the male athlete, “said Madison.
California has become a home of national controversies involving Trans athletes, in particular volleyball players, dating from last year. The State Ministry of Education is already prosecuted by the United States Ministry of Justice for its continuous policies which allow organic men to participate in the categories of girls and women in sport.
At the NCAA division I level, the San Jose State Volleyball Women’s Volleyball team faced a controversy involving the Trans Blaire Fleming athlete last fall, which caused a federal investigation into title IX on school after President Donald Trump returned to the post earlier this year.
At secondary level, a trans athlete for Jurupa valley The high school girls’ volleyball team prompted two other players to move away from the team and bring a complaint against the school district, while at least four opponents lost matches to the team.
