Dawson Ovenden-Beaudry was told to stop playing in female league or his team would be disqualified
[Ed. Note: Are we at peak stupidity yet? We’re now allowing biological men to compete against women by claiming that they are women, and we’re kicking biological women out of women’s sports leagues for claiming that they’re men. It’s time for ‘XX’ and ‘XY’ sports leagues.]
by Jonathan Ore
CBC
For most of 19-year-old Dawson Ovenden-Beaudry’s life, ringette was more than a sport — it was an identity.
But when he came out as transgender three years ago, the sport he loved and his gender identity clashed in heartbreaking fashion.
“There was this one game … there was a parent in the stands who started yelling, kind of like: ‘There’s a boy on the ice!’ Like, ‘Ref! Ref! Check! There’s a boy — the goalie’s a boy!'” the Montreal teen recalled.
After the game, Ovenden-Beaudry’s teammates walked out of the dressing room together to protect him from any potential attackers. He remembers getting into his car and crying.
“I was like, ‘I hate this. I don’t want to live my life like this.'”