Teen removed from boys basketball tryouts, told to join girls team over birth certificate error

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https://www.wdbj7.com/2025/10/19/teen-removed-boys-basketball-tryouts-told-join-girls-team-over-birth-certificate-error/

QUEEN CREEK, Ariz. (KTVK/KPHO/Gray News) - An eighth-grade boy from Arizona was removed from his high school’s boys basketball tryouts and told he can only play on the girls team because of a clerical error on his birth certificate.

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But the multi-talented athlete was excluded from high school basketball tryouts last Tuesday because of a clerical error on his original birth certificate. His mother, Becky Jackson, says there was a mix-up at the hospital the day he was born.

“I give them the birth certificate, and they’re like, ‘Did you know this says female?’” Jackson said. “I was like, ‘Oh, man, that’s so funny.’ So, we come home. Everyone’s laughing.”

Over the years, the fact that Laker’s birth certificate mistakenly listed him as female hasn’t caused many issues – until he decided to try out for the boys basketball team.

The family got a corrected birth certificate, but the school district says that's not enough and is threatening chromosomal testing.