FYI on your Washington State Voting

From a friend's Facebook page:

Dear WA friends: whatever your opinion on trans girls in girl's sports, were you aware that this initiative would require all girls who want to play sports to have a genital exam? (Unless they opt for a DNA or hormone test instead...) Yes really. Spread the news.

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Joe said…
Your friend is misinformed. Cisgender girls having their annual sports physical will only need their doctor to check an additional box on the form indicating biological sex. A doctor that doesn't know their patient's biological sex without a genital inspection would be ... rather unusual, wouldn't it?
10/11/26, 11:08 AM
Melissa Westbrook said…
The boxed information says the same thing you are saying. I'm not sure most physicians do a stripped down physical of either sex.
10/11/26, 11:27 AM
Anonymous said…
Doctors check for undescended testicles as part of a regular physical and they have done so for years.

- I don’t get the hype
10/11/26, 5:40 PM
Anonymous said…
The argument is that we must lie. This could be resolved by protecting female sports and adding more mixed-sex teams. If that’s what is needed, just say so, leadership.

- Realist
10/12/26, 6:54 PM
Anonymous said…
Thanks for posting about this. This is the most regressive MAGA measure of its kind in the country. -educator
10/13/26, 5:30 AM
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