(RAPID CITY JOURNAL) — A proposal by a state lawmaker could require that visual inspection be used as part of a process to officially determine a person’s gender in South Dakota, including for high school athletes.
The battle over how to officially determine someone’s gender arises from a controversy over whether transgender high school students can declare their own gender when participating in sports.
A high school athletic group enacted a policy last year that allows students to decide for themselves which gender group they will compete with. But some lawmakers are unhappy with that concept.
So, the issue appears poised to carry into the 2016 legislative session, and one possible approach would be a law that may remove a person’s right to decide for themselves.
