Wednesday 3 August 2022 06:39 PM Oklahoma public schools make biological sex affidavits mandatory for sports ... trends now
Oklahoma public schools will now require their students to sign affidavits that confirm their biological sex, not their gender identity, if they want to participate in any school sports.
The affidavits are in accordance with the state's new 'Save Women's Sports Act' signed by Oklahoma's Republican Governor Kevin Stitts in March. The law requires that students be eligible to participate in sports teams based on their 'biological sex,' rather than gender identity, and covers female-only athletics in middle school, high school, and college.
Parents of the Woodall Public School district south east of Tulsa learned about the affidavits in late July after it began circulating on social media, Fox News reported. The mandate applies to all students in the district, in kindergarten through high school, for the incoming 2022/2023 school year set to begin on August 11.
The policy was brought to parent's attention after Erin Matson, a self-described 'feminist writer,' and the executive director of Reproaction, a direct action group working to increase access to abortion and advance reproductive justice, posted about it on Twitter on July 28.
'Do you understand what is happening? This has nothing to do with encouraging girls to be athletes. This is totalitarianism. It is the white nationalist agenda. The anti-LGBTQ agenda. The anti-abortion agenda. It is all the same agenda,' Matson wrote to her now over 15,000 followers.
'This is real,' Matson added. The post garnered nearly 47,000 views and anger from some local parents.
Pictured is a copy of the affidavit shared by Erin Matson, a self-described 'feminist writer.' Oklahoma public schools makes biological sex affidavits mandatory for all students from kindergarten though college who want to participate in sports activities
The Woodall Public School district is located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, south east of Tulsa
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed a bill on March 30 that prevents transgender girls and women from competing on female sports teams. Stitt signed the bill flanked by more than a dozen young female athletes, including his eighth-grade daughter Piper
Woodall Schools Superintendent Ginger Knight said the school district 'is following a new Oklahoma law, and the affidavit is required by the state statute.'
The form requires an affiant to sign the form as well as a notary.
The act requires public schools to complete
