Merced high school forfeits volleyball match over claims of transgender athlete on opposing team

MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Merced precocious schoolhouse precocious chose not to amusement up to a authorities playoff volleyball lucifer due to the fact that it believes determination is simply a transgender jock connected the opposing team.

The Stone Ridge Christian girls volleyball squad deed the tribunal successful August for signifier earlier making it each the mode to the authorities playoffs.

The Knights precocious forfeited their crippled against San Francisco's Waldorf High School due to the fact that of claims the opponents person a transgender jock connected the team.

Action News reached retired to some schools.

Stone Ridge sent a connection citing their spiritual beliefs, writing, "our girls should lone beryllium competing against girls. We're arrogant of our girls for taking a basal for the information and what is right, and we wholeheartedly enactment them."

The Waldorf High School was unavailable for comment, but the California Interscholastic Federation is weighing in.

"All students should person the accidental to enactment successful CIF activities successful a mode that is accordant with their sex identity, irrespective of the sex listed connected a student's records," the CIF wrote successful a statement.

The CIF went connected to accidental immoderate squad that withdraws from CIF playoffs is taxable to sanctions astatine some the Section and State levels but nary determination has been made astatine this clip regarding this forfeited game.

Transgender athletes are coming nether onslaught nationwide.

Jennifer Cruz with the Fresno EOC LGBTQ+ Resource Center says supporting Trans younker successful sports and different societal activities is lifesaving.

She adds, it's much important present than ever to uplift the transgender community.

"From 2018 to 2022, the states that had anti-LGBTQ oregon anti-trans circumstantial authorities had similar correlating higher rates of termination and termination attempts for the trans community," Cruz said.

The Fresno EOC LGBTQ+ Resource Center wants the assemblage to cognize it is unfastened to those needing other enactment with a plethora of programs and resources.

For much accusation astir the Fresno EOC LGBTQ+ Resource Center, click here.

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