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General Catagories => Let's Talk Politics => Topic started by: Cactus🌵Cat on October 22, 2025, 08:47:39 AM

Title: Let the kid play.
Post by: Cactus🌵Cat on October 22, 2025, 08:47:39 AM
Arizona boy reportedly barred from team due to error on birth certificate

Laker Jackson was wrongly identified as female at birth, but high school in Mesa won't let him play basketball with boys.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/21/arizona-basketball-team-birth-certificate
Title: Re: Let the kid play.
Post by: KansasCityCats on October 22, 2025, 11:30:21 AM
Tip to parents and doctors: double check your birth certificate, prior to taking your child home. Ha...
Title: Re: Let the kid play.
Post by: arxpert on October 22, 2025, 12:08:38 PM
Quote from: KansasCityCats on October 22, 2025, 11:30:21 AMTip to parents and doctors: double check your birth certificate, prior to taking your child home. Ha...

You would be surprised how many get messed up. Even in an honest mistake type of way. These systems are not redundant enough.

Web3 is going to solve a lot of this nonsense. Hopefully people are ready to embrace it instead of be afraid of it.
Title: Re: Let the kid play.
Post by: Cactus🌵Cat on October 22, 2025, 12:33:56 PM
Quote from: KansasCityCats on October 22, 2025, 11:30:21 AMTip to parents and doctors: double check your birth certificate, prior to taking your child home. Ha...

"'Tip' to parents..." Pun intended?
lol
Title: Re: Let the kid play.
Post by: Cactus🌵Cat on October 29, 2025, 09:43:00 AM
Update: He is allowed to play now.

https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/investigations/az-school-allows-8th-grader-to-play-boys-basketball-after-banning-him-from-tryouts