As usual, your historical perspective sheds new light on today's politics. Seems like the exclusion of trans girl athletes is another instance of how Black children in a racist society are perceived as more adult than white ones, excluded much earlier from the innocence and vulnerability of childhood.
Your remarks on the gender-policing of play made me think about "always already" trans self-narration. Self-doubt about being a real trans person if we didn't play with the "other" gender's toys as a kid.
The overall point is incredibly well-made and timely, but I do think it’s worth noting that, while the Title IX regulations are built on a faulty notion of compromise, the actual exceptions are much more narrowly scoped than suggested. Indeed, the full draft rules specifically suggests that many of the example exceptions you list would not be valid and, in practice, the draft rules are built pretty heavily on the foundation of the West Virginia case that gets a positive mention.
Apologies if the comment reads a little bit reviewer 2, I am a massive fan of your work and I think the comment absolutely doesn’t challenge the actual argument you’re making or even the specific way that the draft regulation fits within it as the loopholes do exist and, if not as significant as suggested, remain quite large.
As usual, your historical perspective sheds new light on today's politics. Seems like the exclusion of trans girl athletes is another instance of how Black children in a racist society are perceived as more adult than white ones, excluded much earlier from the innocence and vulnerability of childhood.
Your remarks on the gender-policing of play made me think about "always already" trans self-narration. Self-doubt about being a real trans person if we didn't play with the "other" gender's toys as a kid.
what a necessary perspective - the beauty and importance of play, movement, embodiment.
this is very beautiful-- thank you for foregrounding the importance of play.
The overall point is incredibly well-made and timely, but I do think it’s worth noting that, while the Title IX regulations are built on a faulty notion of compromise, the actual exceptions are much more narrowly scoped than suggested. Indeed, the full draft rules specifically suggests that many of the example exceptions you list would not be valid and, in practice, the draft rules are built pretty heavily on the foundation of the West Virginia case that gets a positive mention.
Apologies if the comment reads a little bit reviewer 2, I am a massive fan of your work and I think the comment absolutely doesn’t challenge the actual argument you’re making or even the specific way that the draft regulation fits within it as the loopholes do exist and, if not as significant as suggested, remain quite large.