Trans College Basketball Player Wants Discipline for Those ‘Questioning Her Right to Play’

“players were told that if they feel unsafe, they should stay behind and not play in the games”

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This is happening in Canada. Do people have a right to play basketball there or something?

Transgender college b-ball player wants discipline for those ‘questioning her right to play’

A transgender basketball player at Canada’s Vancouver Island University is very upset at a division rival squad for “questioning her right to play,” and alleges “verbal and physical mistreatment” by its members.

Harriette Mackenzie, a biological male, told The Canadian Press that Columbia Bible College coach Taylor Claggett “went on a ‘tirade’” after losing to VIU back in October.

Claggett allegedly berated a member of the VIU team staff about how Mackenzie “shouldn’t be allowed to play against women,” and a social media account “linked” to the coach “posted anti-trans messages” following the game.

When the two teams played again the next day, Mackenzie claims Columbia players “physically targeted her” and showed a video of a player “tossing [‘her’] to the ground” away from the play.

Columbia Bible College is an evangelical Mennonite institution.

Mackenzie (pictured) filed a complaint with the Pacific Western Athletic Association, but “she” said the organization neither investigated the matter nor meted out any consequences. PACWEST disputes the former charge.

In a letter to Vancouver Island U. and PACWEST officials, members of the VIU women’s b-ball squad wrote “By doing nothing, by saying nothing, by issuing no suspensions or sanctions, your message is clear: you think what happened was OK.

“We need you to know that we are not OK with what happened. We don’t feel safe playing at CBC or with that team so long as coach Claggett is still free to behave the way she did. Your inaction isn’t just disappointing. It has made us and the game less safe.”

The letter also suggested players were told that if they feel unsafe, they should stay behind and not play in the games

“You are asking us to risk our safety or forfeit a game and lose our standing,” it read. “You are suggesting we divide and some of us go play while leaving those who feel the most unsafe behind. What kind of choices are those? You should be standing with us, standing up for safe and fair play.”