Women’s basketball players at Columbia Bible College (CBC) in British Columbia, Canada, signed a letter in response to an opposing team’s refusal to play against CBC due to alleged abuse of a player. transgender gamer.

Vancouver Island University (VIU) announced Thursday Can’t play Two games against CBC this weekend come after an incident during the teams’ last meeting in October that accused CBC coaches of violating the coach’s code of ethics in the way they treated transgender athletes. VIU has asked its conference, the Pacific West Athletic Conference (PACWEST), not to penalize its team for not playing due to the nature of the situation.

Harriette Mackenzie, a transgender player at VIU, issued a public statement accusing CBC coaches and players of abusive behavior.

The letter from CBC players, obtained by Fox News Digital, accuses the VIU team of making “personal attacks,” “defamatory remarks” and even “speech that incites violence” against coaches.

“Over the past three months, VIU women’s basketball players have posted videos and letters that directly violate multiple rules set forth in Section 17.2 of the Handbook. Various posts contain ‘personal attacks,’ ‘defamatory statements,’ ‘disrespectful remarks,’ etc. “Pacific West Conference” and resulted in ‘comments that incited violence and/or hatred’ against our coaches,” the letter read.

“Any and all allegations made by VIU players against our team and coaches should be communicated directly and individually to PACWEST officials and should not be publicly uploaded to social media.”

The letter even called the comments made by VIU players “misinformation.”

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“The attacks over the past three months on Coach Cratchit’s character and the character of our team are based on one aspect of misinformation and complicated circumstances,” the statement read.

Posted by Mackenzie a video On Oct. 30, he took to the athlete’s Instagram page to accuse Columbia Bible head coach Tyler Clagett of “pushing on one of our athletic staff members and going into a tirade that I shouldn’t be allowed to play.”

McKenzie said she was also intentionally fouled and knocked to the ground by a Columbia Bible player.

“I was thrown to the ground with both hands on the 13th, couldn’t see the ball movement, and then could see head coach Clagett clapping in support,” the transgender athlete said.

McKenzie helped lead the Mariners to the 2022-23 Canadian Universities Athletic Association national championship. This season, the athlete ranks second in PACWEST with 16.1 points per game and third in rebounding with 9.4 rebounds per game as VIU goes 11-1 in conference play. McKenzie’s field goal percentage also reached 49.7%, ranking second in the league.

“I believe that all trans people should participate in sports. But this particularly offends me because I am biologically disadvantaged in competing – and being forced to compete,” McKenzie said in the video . “I’ve never gone through male puberty. I’ve only gone through female puberty. And I have no ovaries, no testicles, so I have zero way of making testosterone.”

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The CBC players’ letter also claimed that the VIU team violated standard procedures for canceling games and that PACWEST failed to hold VIU to appropriate standards.

“In the past, when a team refused to play and traveled to a scheduled game, they were awarded 0 points in the classification. PACWEST’s decision to postpone this weekend’s game was in violation of standard operating procedures. Our team was not given a clear reason to justify this A reasonable deviation from normal procedures,” the letter reads.

“In addition, Article 13, Section 9.1.1 states that if a team is unable to play as scheduled, the coach or athletic director shall contact the opposing athletic director ‘to state the reasons why they are unable to fulfill their scheduled commitments.’ As far as we know , this request has not been met.”

CBC players who have remained silent so far believe they can no longer do it.

“To date, we have been silent. Over the past few months, we have shown respect for PacWest and VIU by staying off social media and voicing our concerns through official channels. The VIU women’s basketball team has not shown the same respect for PacWest or CBC, communicating primarily through social media,” the letter reads.

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“Their actions have paid off and the way they have handled it by refusing to play this weekend has paid off. We are writing this letter to ensure our voices are heard in this conversation and that we have demonstrated throughout this process Respect cannot be mistaken for passivity.”

As of June 2017, discrimination on the basis of gender identity or gender identity expression is explicitly prohibited everywhere in Canada under the Canadian Human Rights Act, equal opportunity and/or anti-discrimination legislation. The law protects all transgender athletes participating in women’s and girls’ sports.

In the United States, President-elect Trump has vowed to ban transgender athletes from women’s and girls’ sports. Trump has also repeatedly suggested that Canada join the United States, possibly becoming the 51st country.

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