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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve been a referee in NVSL for awhile and have been the referee for a few swim meets where kids had gender based accommodations that had been approved by the nvsl rules committee. All of those cases were trans boys who swam in the boys events. One of who had an exception from the swimwear rule to allow for a tank top (usa swim rules for boys say no swimsuit above the waist).

Have your team rep contact the nvsl rules committee. [/quote]

there is a big difference between biological girls swimming in boys events and biological 16 year old boys swimming in girls events.  The biological girls are not getting any advantage from this and thus are not harming another swimmer.  The biological boys are definitely getting an advantage and are harming their biological girl competitors.  [/quote]

My personal refereeing experience to date is that to the best of my knowledge, I have only ever had trans boys swim in boys events, but never a trans girl swim in a girls event.  It could have happened without me being aware, but I think most likely my experience is just limited.

I understand your position regarding the advantage, but I would take the opposite position that the role of the Referee in determining who should be legally allowed to swim in each event doesn't allow for the referee to be conducting any examination other than taking the word of the team rep from each team.  So if a team put a trans girl in a girls event, even a 15-18 event, I wouldn't DQ them.   But I can understand a referee taking your position that it is an advantage and DQing them.  That is why I recommend that the swimmers' team rep contact the NVSL rules committee to get a decision letter that would take it out of the individual referee's hands.

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