{"id":331,"date":"2015-08-07T12:48:55","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T12:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bowditch.com\/campuscounselnewengland\/?p=331"},"modified":"2020-07-31T13:28:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T13:28:00","slug":"inclusion-of-transgender-students-in-collegiate-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bowditch.com\/campuscounselnewengland\/2015\/08\/07\/inclusion-of-transgender-students-in-collegiate-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Inclusion of Transgender Students in Collegiate Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While colleges and universities have made great strides in accommodating participation in sports by minorities, women, students with disabilities, and lesbian, gay and bisexual students, the ability of transgender students to participate fully in collegiate athletics remains, largely, unaddressed. The issues surrounding participation of transgender, perhaps, seem too complicated, confusing, or even uncomfortable for colleges to deal with, particularly when the student is receiving hormonal treatment.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>To assist in fostering inclusion, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Transgender_Handbook_2011_Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NCAA has published a policy <\/a>that colleges can use to implement their own policies regarding transgender student-athlete participation. You can read the full policy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Transgender_Handbook_2011_Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a>.\u00a0 The policy addresses two important components of NCAA regulations that can be affected by transgender student-athlete participation: use of banned substances (i.e. testosterone) and \u201cmixed team\u201d status.\u00a0 A male participating in competition on a female team makes the team a \u201cmixed team\u201d ineligible for a women\u2019s NCAA championship, while a female participating in competition on a male team has no such impact.<\/p>\n<p>The NCAA policy recommends that athletes undergoing male-to-female (MTF) hormonal transition sit out a year before joining a women\u2019s team, while athletes undergoing the female-to-male (FTM) transition can compete on a men\u2019s team right away. The policy also recommends appropriate pronoun use for coaches and teammates, as well as guidance for locker room use, hotel room assignment, maintaining confidentiality, and avoiding retaliation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Client Tip:<\/strong> <em>Although not mandatory at this time, colleges should proactively adopt policies and best practices that provide equal opportunities for transgender students to participate on sports teams, particularly in light of the growing number of students who are identifying each year as transgender.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While colleges and universities have made great strides in accommodating participation in sports by minorities, women, students with disabilities, and lesbian, gay and bisexual students, the ability of transgender students to participate fully in collegiate athletics remains, largely, unaddressed. 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