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MineralMan

(150,058 posts)

16. In this case, just have him drop trou, and they'll understand just fine.

Reply to Rebl2 (Reply #10)

Wed Oct 22, 2025, 12:13 PM

Oct 22

Either that or let him join the girls' team and shower with them. They'll figure it out just fine.

Ridiculous. Of course birth certificates have mistakes on them. Humans make them.

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Teen removed from boys basketball tryouts, told to join girls team over birth certificate error [View all] WhiskeyGrinder Oct 22 OP

I think he should run with it HAB911 Oct 22 #1

That is rich. SamKnause Oct 22 #2

they never think anything through HAB911 Oct 22 #3

No they Rebl2 Oct 22 #10

In this case, just have him drop trou, and they'll understand just fine. MineralMan Oct 22 #16

That would be delightfully ironic. NH Ethylene Oct 22 #4

Yes! That would be perfect! Ohioboy Oct 22 #5

Then they will insist that 'she' shower with the girls? Norrrm Oct 22 #6

I can see the school board being bombarded the day after he does... haele Oct 22 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Melon Oct 22 #7

The birth certificate has been corrected and he hasn't been allowed on the boys team yet. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 22 #8

How the bell did the school even get access to his birth certificate? Firestorm49 Oct 22 #9

Registering at a school usually involves proof of a date of birth, and an AD's job would include double-checking that WhiskeyGrinder Oct 22 #11

They probably Rebl2 Oct 22 #12

When my grandson played travel baseball we had to carry a certified copy of his birth certificate questionseverything Oct 22 #20

It's a public document, and in the days when a baby's mother's lack of marriage was stamped across it... Hekate Oct 22 #13

wow barbtries Oct 22 #18

Me too. Used to be fairly prevalent -- big ol' ILLEGITIMATE stamped on the birth cert... Hekate Oct 22 #21

I thought they wanted everything decided by one's gentials. sinkingfeeling Oct 22 #15

anything we can do to prove how fucking maga we are. barbtries Oct 22 #17

So they want to put a biological male on the girls basketball team because of anti-trans ideology Prairie Gates Oct 22 #19