Volleyball Teams Forfeit Games Rather Than Face Trans Player
All high school girls’ volleyball teams in the Cherokee County School District North Carolina are forfeiting their remaining games this season against a school that has a transgender player.The decision came after a player on the Hiwassee Dam High School team was injured by a ball spiked by a player on the Highlands School team, according to station WTVC in neighboring Chattanooga, Tenn.
Other sources have identified the spiker as a transgender girl; notes from a Cherokee County Board of Education meeting from September 21 call her a “biological male.”There was much public comment at the meeting.
One speaker, Steve Colemen, claimed that the presence of a “biological male” posed risks to girls and that he feared “biological males” would over girls’ sports.
Another commenter, Jason Murphy, “stated to the Board that he hoped they voted on this issue based on their morals, ethics and Christian upbringing,” as related in the notes.But Amanda Johnson, who coaches girls’ volleyball at Murphy High School in the Cherokee County district, said there is a risk of injury in any sport due to a variety of factors.
