A Washington referendum has drawn broad opposition from adults who work with queer and trans teens

For Kelsey Gellner, a Seattle-based pediatric nurse, a statewide proposal to bar trans girls from sports participation feels like a violation of her duty as a medical professional. The ballot initiative includes a requirement she calls “invasive and extreme”: all students who wish to compete on girls’ teams would have to undergo genital exams.

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Gellner said a genital exam was wholly different from a sports physical, which is used to determine metrics like vision and heart health and, crucially, doesn’t require a student to remove her clothing. She added that any policy that puts girls through intrusive medical procedures “opens up a can of worms” given the horrific crimes of Larry Nassar, an ex-USA Gymnastics doctor who was convicted in 2023 of sexually abusing girls for decades.

“While I believe that a vast majority of people who enter the medical profession do it for the right reason, writing legislation that opens the door to predators is just not responsible,” Gellner said.

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  • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works
    28·
    3 days ago

    Do the people voting for this shit understand that their kids will also be subject to this bullshit? Do they think that somehow, magically, it will only affect trans kids?

    • plateee@piefed.socialEnglish
      22·
      3 days ago

      Do the people voting for this shit understand that their kids will also be subject to this bullshit?

      Don’t spread these LIES. Just like banning abortion, it’s only a ban for THOSE promiscuous girls, not my darling baby girl. If she ever got into “trouble” she would get an exception.

      • Nearly word for word from an in-law
      • Funkt4st1c@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        They have a vague notion of how theyd like things to be, and when met with the reality of their choice they call it unfair. They were setting rules for those below them, not themselves.