Changing the Game
Take notes while watching the documentary Changing the Game (2019). Then, compose answers to the questions below. Use the Vilain et. al. (2017) and Cunningham, Isard and Melton (2022) pieces in addition to the film in your answers. For opinion-based questions, you will not be graded on your view; you will be graded on the quality of your answer. Be sure to answer all questions asked, address all elements in the prompt, and articulate your view/argument fully. How well you analyze the content and explain and support your claims with specific examples will be a prime component of your grade.
1.What do we hear from Sarah, Andraya, and Mack about why they participate in sports, especially as they face adversity? What do each of them experience in order to participate? What do they experience as they participate?
2.What do you feel is the purpose of high school sport? Explain. After you identify what you personally feel, look up the current mission and the current policy on gender for the high school athletic association for the state you attended high school in. If you didn't attend high school in the United States, you may either look up Ohio's policy or the comparable policy for where you attended school. Use your own words to explain the policy. Include a website link as well.
3.Who should decide what athletic participation should look like at different levels in relation to gender? Explain your response.
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"Changing the Game," a moving documentary about Sarah, Andraya, and Mack, shows how sports may affect transgender high school athletes. Sarah's story shows how athletics can empower self-expression and acceptance. Despite gender confirmation surgery policies, she uses skiing to be accepted for who she is in a world that marginalizes transgender people. Sarah shows the resilience transgender athletes need to succeed in athletics. Many who want acceptance and inclusion on their terms relate to her narrative.
Andraya's story shows how sports foster community. She runs in Connecticut and wants to be part of a team and experience sports camaraderie, a human yearning. Her tale emphasizes the necessity of transgender athletes competing on gender-aligned teams to develop a sense of dignity and inclusion. Andraya's story shows that athletics may help underprivileged people emotionally and physically.
Texas transgender wrestler Mack's experience shows how inner passion and external barriers meet. Mack loves wrestling and strives to thrive despite birth sex-based competition rules. His story shows how to overcome structural obstacles to achieve sports brilliance. Mack's experience shows how athletics can develop potential and the need for inclusive regulations allowing