ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – A transgender volleyball player on the girls team at Ann Arbor’s Skyline High School has created a controversy this season.

Skyline vs. Saline.

A group of Saline High School parents were upset that they weren’t informed that Skyline had a transgender player, according to Facebook posts by anonymous people claiming to be parents of Saline players.

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Saline High School played Skyline on Sept. 30 in Ann Arbor. In the discussion on Facebook, parents were angered that they didn’t know of the situation until just days before the competition.

Outkick, a national news site owned by Fox News, broke the story about the transgender athlete. Traditional media in this state have not reported on the issue.

The Trump administration’s EO.

In February, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that banned males from playing in female sports. In 2023, Democrats amended the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to include sexual orientation, gender identity and expression as a protected class.

Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) Spokesman Geoff Kimmerly stated that Michigan has conflicting state and national laws addressing transgender athletes in sports.

“As we have stated since February, Michigan has a clear legal conflict between state civil rights law (Elliott-Larsen) and the February Federal Executive Order,” Kimmerly said in an email to Michigan News Source. “We have continued to await clarification on how these conflicts should be reconciled, which we understand will be addressed by a case before the United States Supreme Court later this fall.”

What about Michigan sports?

The MHSAA reviews transgender athletes eligibility on a case-by-case basis and has stated it is a very rare occurrence.

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Ann Arbor Public Schools released a statement: “Our high schools follow all of the MHSAA guidelines and regulations. We do not share information about any AAPS students.”

The issue of a boy claiming to be a girl and playing on a girls team has raised issues of safety.

In 2022, Payton McNabb, a high school girl playing at Hiwassee Dam High School in North Carolina, was injured when a transgender player spiked the ball and hit her in the face. McNabb suffered a traumatic brain injury, according to GLAAD.