Alberta is destroying our sports scene
Trans athletes are athletes. Let them play. Graphic: Forrester Toews/The Griff. In Oct. 2024, a fourth NCAA women's volleyball team forfeited their match against San Jose State University (SJSU). The forfeits came after the gender identity of an SJSU player came into question due to rumours that she was a trans woman. Spread by far-right websites, these claims robbed the SJSU volleyball squad of competing in the sport they love. As American political narrative leaked into Alberta’s UCP government, they passed Bill 29 in Dec. 2024, banning transgender women from playing in women's leagues in Alberta. The Canadian Bar Association of Alberta says the bill “runs counter to the Alberta Human Rights Act”. But it still passed. Recently, the...
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