Birth certificates required for TX student athletes
AUSTIN, Texas (BP) -- Student athletes at Texas public high schools must show their birth certificates as proof of gender identity under a policy change adopted overwhelmingly in February by school superintendents. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activists say the change is unfair to transgender athletes but supporters note attempts to erase biological gender are an untested social experiment with far-reaching and unforeseen consequences. "You start needing to check birth certificates when you have a breakdown of honesty, integrity, or, in this case, worldview," said John Stonestreet, president of the Colson Center ...
