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Law Practice

Jan. 1, 2010

Ban on Youth: Wrong Both Ways

Diane Klein of Golden Gate University School of Law says Middletown, Connecticut's board of education has no business governing transgender youth.

By Diane Klein

Christopher Mangum of The Advocate recently reported the following story: "The Middletown, Connecticut, board of education adopted a policy last week [November, 2009] to address transgender athletes' participation in school sports. Based on Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference rules, the policy states that a student athlete will compete in the sex on his or her birth certificate unless he or she has undergone sex reassignment. A student at...

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