#irish dance

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[justinssportscorner]

Trans teen drops out of dance competition after conservatives lead campaign against her - LGBTQ Nation

Republican representatives and the state’s attorney general threatened legal action.

Faefyx Collington (They/Them) at LGBTQ Nation:

A trans teen withdrew from the girls’ division of an Irish Dance contest in Florida after the organizers were pressured by state officials to kick her out. However, it is unclear whether the girl’s participation in the competition would have actually violated any law. “No young person should become the center of a political fight simply because they want to participate in the activities they love,” said Public Policy Manager for Equality Florida Quinn Diaz in a statement. “At a time when Florida is competing to attract visitors, talent, and major events from around the world, the question for our leaders is simple: will we send a message that our doors are closed, that ours is only a state for some? Or will we make it clear that everyone is welcome here?”

The Irish dance contest is governed by the Irish Dance Teachers’ Association of North America (IDTANA). That organization has trans-inclusive policies that allow competitors to decide how they compete. They have previously defended those policies, and the community has supported that move, including by setting  up a petition to the Dublin-based governing body, An Coimisiún le Rincí Gaelacha (CLRG), to voice their unequivocal support for the inclusion of trans dancers. However, a campaign against one trans girl’s inclusion in the competition has been led by Maggie McKneely, the government relations director for the right-wing organization Concerned Women for America, who is also a former competitive Irish dancer. The campaign acknowledges that it is targeting a single trans girl, but refers to her as a “trans-identifying man.”

In response to the campaign, two Republican members of Congress with strong histories of anti-LGBTQ+ actions have pressured IDTANA and CLRG into not allowing the trans girl to participate. Reps. Randy Fine and Greg Steube of Florida sent letters to both organizations in June claiming, “The State of Florida rightfully requires that all athletic competitions held in public accommodations reserve women’s and girls’ categories for biological women on the basis of sex, not gender identity.”

[...] However, it is worth noting that while the trans girl has been successful in the sport, she does not win every competition. It is unclear what “biological advantage” they think a trans girl might have in Irish dance, especially when more recent evidence suggests that trans women do not have any significant advantage in sports. It is not known whether the trans girl was forced by the organizing bodies not to compete, or whether she withdrew from the competition because of the crusade waged against her. McKneely saw it as a victory either way, saying, “It’s a win because the girls didn’t have to compete against a boy in their category, and whether he withdrew because of the threat of legal action against the organizations or because of the media attention, it’s still good he didn’t compete.”

The cost of anti-trans lunacy was on display in Florida at an Irish dance event, as a trans teen was forced to withdraw from the girls’ division of the contest.

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The Advocate: Transgender teen quits Irish dance competition after threats from Florida Republicans

[victusinveritas]

Those absolute bastards. May they rot on the piss soaked floor of hell with all other transphobes. [Redacted comments that might get my account banned along with a bunch of profanity that's probably just expected.]

More here.

[victusinveritas]

Comment, not mine:

It starts with hate, but they pretend to be worried that the trans person retains whatever advantages males have when it comes to strength and endurance, and that it’s unfair. Well, first, the hormone treatments reduce a lot of those advantages, second, the size bell curves of both sexes mainly overlap—there will always be cisgender girls who could kick the ass of anyone else they encounter of either sex.

Comment, mine:

It's also important to note the AG is threatening a foreign private organization which is absolutely allowed to make whatever membership rules it wants. He really didn't think through the precedent that would set.

[zinjanthropusboisei]

Hell yeah CLRG!

[jackedjacket]

They’re trying to ban trans people from the National Irish Dance competition that I didn’t go to because it’s in Florida and I knew it wouldn’t be safe to go there 🙃🙃🙃

[victusinveritas]

James Helfgott on Facebook writes: Florida's attorney general just gave an Irish dance organization a Tuesday deadline: ban transgender girls from competing, or his office takes "legal action." Over a hotel dance contest.

Reps. Randy Fine and Greg Steube wrote to the governing body for Irish dance, based in Ireland. Their demand: stop letting a transgender girl compete in the girls divisions at the North American Irish Dance Championships, running July 2-7 at a hotel in Orlando.

"Biological males do not belong in girls' dance," Fine wrote in the post sharing his letter.

Let's be super clear. This isn't about a law or policy. This is about one child who, by their own account, competed in girls' divisions at regional contests and qualified for nationals AND worlds. A kid who practiced hard enough to earn her spot. Two members of Congress decided she was their target.

Florida's attorney general, James Uthmeier, piled on. He sent his own letter and gave the organizations until Tuesday to confirm they'll ban transgender girls or his office "will take appropriate legal action."

His legal theory? Because the championship is held in a hotel, it counts as a "place of public accommodation" under Florida law. He even floated the state's deceptive-trade-practices act, suggesting that advertising a girls' competition while letting her dance could be consumer fraud.

The law they keep citing, Florida's 2021 sports ban, applies to public schools and public colleges. This is a private dance competition run by an organization headquartered in Dublin.

The dance teachers' group once put its values in writing, in a 2022 statement saying it was committed to an environment "free of discrimination and harassment," welcoming dancers regardless of gender identity, and "supportive of including all those who want to learn and or compete."

As of this week, the Orlando championship is still listed as going forward.

Three grown men with government power, a foreign dance board, and a deadline. All to stop one girl from doing a jig in a hotel ballroom.

[princess-sodas]

such a fun vibe to be a dancer going to nationals on a team only. what yeah I was drilled as if I was doing a solo. yes I’ll only be there on a saturday. yes I’m spending the other three days being there at disney. there are no rules.