Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Harvard transgender student joins school's men's swimming team

Harvard transgender student joins school's men's swimming team - The College Fix:
"This fall, “the first openly transgender swimmer in NCAA Division I history” will join Harvard’s men’s swim team.
Schuyler Bailar was given the option of swimming on either the women’s team — for which he was originally recruited — or the men’s squad, after he came out as transgender and had had “transition” surgery.
The Harvard Crimson reports:
...“My mind knew that’s what I wanted to do,” Bailar said.
“The way I put it, I needed my heart to catch up.”
News of the decision reached Cambridge a few weeks later...
The message from the coach had been clear: Make Bailar comfortable and show him that he would be supported on either team. 
“We wanted to be in a situation where he would come in and say [that] here are two great options,” Yeager said...

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