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A college -volleyball match in California on Wednesday night was hit by a multitude of protesters in the midst of controversy over a transgender player on one of the teams.
Santa Rosa Junior College faced Sierra College in Rocklin weeks after several Santa Rosa players filed a title IX complaint about the school’s handling of a biologically male teammate. Sierra won the game in straight sets.
One of the protesters, the local woman’s sports activist Beth Bourne, distributed the protest signs to students who participated in the game and said it was the first time she had seen college students protest on the question in person.
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“This was the first time we saw college students who put on the game and asked us if they could also hold a sign to show their support for women. We have been on dozens of volleyball games, track meetings, cross -country skiing, and other sporting events with men, but this was the first time we saw this type of support. Fox news.
Bourne added that Sierra’s men’s athletes even ended up protesting.
“We were uncertain whether the signs were allowed at the game, but we waited until a timeout was called before we handed them to the young male athletes to hold. We had them out for less than a few minutes,” she said. “We heard a young man from Sierra College say, ‘Yes, Madam! Yes, Mrs.!’ Then this group of young men asked her if they could also keep some of our signs.
Pakinomist Digital has reached Santa Rosa and Sierra College for a response.
Santa Rosa previously made a statement relating to the initial title IX complaint.
California University Students protesting a transgender volleyball player on a female game (With permission from Beth Bourne)
“Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) is obliged to promote an inclusive and supportive environment for all students and staff. The district complies with California Community College Athletic Association (3C2A) regulations that govern the student’s justification and participation in our Athletic Programs.”
“We respect all students’ legal privacy and cannot discuss individual circumstances. What we can confirm is that SRJC takes all reports seriously and responds through established procedures.”
Two of the female Santa Rosa -Athletes who signed the complaint, Madison Shaw and Gracie Shaw, Pakinomist told Digital about alleged physical injury caused by Trans -teammate.
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Madison claimed, last spring, she saw the trans athlete saves a ball in his teammate’s face so hard that it caused a concussion.
“It had so much power and so much influence with my teammate’s head that it resulted in a concussion she was out for two weeks of her second year, and she was upset. And obviously injuries happen, it is inevitable, especially in a contact sport, but this one could have been especially prevented by not having this male athlete on the team,” Madison said.
“She told me how annoying (it was) because she didn’t think this athlete belonged to our team, and now that she is suffering from the consequences, it really bothered her. But a majority of our teams don’t see what we see it. They support the male athlete on the team.”
“Save Women’s Sports” protesters at a woman’s volleyball match in California (Courtest of Beth Bourne)
Meanwhile, Gracie claimed she was herself hit in the head of one of the Trans Athlet’s spikes.
“I was even hit in the face of this male athlete in practice in August. I was clear, I knew this male athlete was hitting the ball and I couldn’t move out of the way and the ball spiked me on the face and it was far harder than any other hit I had got from the other female athletes on our team,” Gracie said.
“It hurt pretty bad … It came in my face so fast that I didn’t even have time to respond.”
The two women, along with teammate Brielle Galli, filed their title IX complaint against the school to the US Ministry of Education for Civil Rights Earlier this month in consultation with it Independent advice for women’s sports (Icons). Their complaint alleged the school administrators retreated against them as they spoke internally as opposed to letting the trans athlete on the team.
“We have told our coach, our athletic director and our title IX coordinator from the Get-Go that we want to play, we want to be part of this team, but we are not willing to take the court while a male athlete is on the team,” Madison said.
She added that the school administrators gave her a delayed answer as to whether they would honor her request and rejected it. Then, when Madison prepared a speech to tell her teammates that she would go away from the team because of the trans -athlete, her coach told her “he can’t.”
“Our coach sends me a text that says’ no, you can’t tell the team your reasons for not taking the court, and we really have to respect the privacy of the male athlete,” Madison said.
California has become a fireplace for national controversy involving trans athletes specifically volleyball players dating back to last year. The State Education Department is already sued by the US Ministry of Justice for its continued policies that allow biological men to compete in the girls and women’s categories in sports.
At the NCAA Division at level, the San Jose State University’s Women’s Volleyball Team stood against a controversy involving Trans Athlet Blaire Fleming last fall, which received a federal title IX study of the school after President Donald Trump returned to the office earlier this year.
At the high school level, a trans athlete to Jurupa Valley High School Girls’ Volleyball Team has caused two other players to go away from the team and submit a lawsuit against the school district, while at least four opponents have lost games for the team.
