logo
welcome
vancouversun

vancouversun

'Safety' of student athletes paramount, says B.C. association investigating treatment of trans basketball player

vancouversun
Summary
Nutrition label

70% Informative

Harriette Mackenzie , a Vancouver Island University basketball player and trans woman, spoke out about mistreatment at the hands of her opponents at a game last weekend .

Columbia Bible College women’s basketball coach Taylor Claggett said she was worried about the safety of her players when she raised concerns after a game.

Thousands of people took to social media to support Mackenzie 's bravery, recognizing that in order to defend herself and justify her position on her team, she had to share personal, intimate details about her life with the public.

A scientific review commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport in 2021 found that biological data on the subject was limited and often methodologically flawed.

But the debate persists and has been taken up by politicians, particularly when trans women are successful in sports.

The review found “trans women who have undergone testosterone suppression have no clear biological advantages over cis women in elite sport”.

VR Score

73

Informative language

72

Neutral language

48

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

62

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

External references

18

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/24/sports/lia-thomas-transgender-swimmer.htmlhttps://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https://vancouversun.com/news/bc-association-investigating-treatment-of-trans-basketball-playerhttps://womenandsport.ca/statement-on-trans-inclusion-in-sport/https://globalnews.ca/news/10841743/alberta-transgender-youth-legislation/https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A//vancouversun.com/news/bc-association-investigating-treatment-of-trans-basketball-player&text=%27Safety%27%20of%20student%20athletes%20paramount%2C%20says%20B.C.%20association%20investigating%20treatment%20of%20trans%20basketball%20player&via=VancouverSunhttps://www.tumblr.com/widgets/share/tool?canonicalUrl=https://vancouversun.com/news/bc-association-investigating-treatment-of-trans-basketball-player&title=%27Safety%27%20of%20student%20athletes%20paramount%2C%20says%20B.C.%20association%20investigating%20treatment%20of%20trans%20basketball%20playerhttps://www.outsports.com/2024/4/26/24092673/ncaa-trans-athlete-transgender-inclusion-bans-sports-2025-policy/https://cces.ca/transgender-women-athletes-and-elite-sport-scientific-review#:~:text=Sport%20can%20have%20a%20positive,lifesaving%20opportunities%20and%20enhanced%20wellness.https://www.reddit.com/submit?kind=link&url=https%3A//vancouversun.com/news/bc-association-investigating-treatment-of-trans-basketball-player&title=%27Safety%27%20of%20student%20athletes%20paramount%2C%20says%20B.C.%20association%20investigating%20treatment%20of%20trans%20basketball%20playerhttps://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url= https%3A//vancouversun.com/news/bc-association-investigating-treatment-of-trans-basketball-player&text=%27Safety%27%20of%20student%20athletes%20paramount%2C%20says%20B.C.%20association%20investigating%20treatment%20of%20trans%20basketball%20player&via=VancouverSunhttps://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://vancouversun.com/news/bc-association-investigating-treatment-of-trans-basketball-player&media=https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/vancouversun/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/screenshot-2024-10-31-at-1-57-39-pm.jpghttps://www.ccaa.ca/safe_sport/CCAA_Transgender_CADP_Guidance_Document.pdfhttps://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url= https%3A//vancouversun.com/news/bc-association-investigating-treatment-of-trans-basketball-playerhttps://theprovince.com/https://newsroom.uw.edu/blog/expert-science-wont-resolve-debates-about-trans-athleteshttps://www.reddit.com/submit?kind=link&url=https%3A//vancouversun.com/news/bc-association-investigating-treatment-of-trans-basketball-player&title=https://theprovince.com/subscribe/?utm_source=on-net&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=vancouver-subs&utm_content=theprovincehttps://www.ncaa.org/sports/2022/1/27/transgender-participation-policy.aspx