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Transgender Teen Denied Basketball Tryouts Over Birth Certificate Error

10/23/2025

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Laker Jackson, a 14-year-old at Eastmark High School in Mesa, Arizona, was barred from boys' basketball tryouts because a birth certificate error listed him as female.
The Queen Creek Unified School District says he must join the girls' team, citing policy based on sex listed on the birth certificate.
Laker has a corrected birth certificate and a doctor's confirmation of his male identity, but the district maintains its position.

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Story summary

Laker Jackson, a 14-year-old at Eastmark High School in Mesa, Arizona, was barred from boys' basketball tryouts because a birth certificate error listed him as female.
The Queen Creek Unified School District says he must join the girls' team, citing policy based on sex listed on the birth certificate.
Laker has a corrected birth certificate and a doctor's confirmation of his male identity, but the district maintains its position.