Posted on 05/19/2022 9:33:12 PM PDT by algore
A furious female skateboarder has slammed Red Bull for sponsoring a contest where she placed second to her trans rival.
Taylor Silverman claims she and other cisgender female competitors were sidelined by officials at the Red Bull Cornerstone Contest, where she placed second and received a $2,750 award.
Trans skateboarder Lillian Gallagher was awarded $5,000 for placing first and winning two separate divisions - money that Silverman says should have been given to her.
Silverman, who has been skateboarding for 11 years, said when she tried to reach out to officials to 'do the right thing even if it's not the popular thing,
'I deserved to place first, be acknowledged for my win and get paid. I reached out to Redbull and was ignored. I am sick of being bullied into silence,' Silverman wrote in an Instagram post
The post has sparked an array of reactions, with users asking Silverman to have more empathy towards transgender women, while others have lashed out at her, telling her she simply needs to get better at skateboarding.
'I have been in three different contests with trans women, two of which I placed second.'
'At the last contest series i did for Redbull, I placed second. The trans competitor who won took $1,000 in qualifiers, $2,000 in finals and $1,000 in best trick.
'This totaled to $5,000 of the prize money meant for the female athletes.'
Silverman went on to add that she took a total of $2,750 and 'whoever would have placed third' lost the award due to the Gallagher's participation in the contest
Instagram users lashed out at Silverman, criticizing her skateboarding skills and insulting her performance.
'ALSO ITS CALLED WOMAN'S devison not the 'female ' devision genitalia doesn't play a part in the red bull comp,' user @skatescrum wrote
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I will never buy Red Bull.
Steven Tyler is pretty close.
Yes, I too am thinking about asking forJeremy’s starter kit for Father’s Day.
Logic and biology don’t matter to evil people.
I don’t put up with this shit and you should not either. Men are men and women are women and there is no changing that by how you dress, mutilate your body, or by what mental disfunction they create in an attempt to fool others. Too many people accepting this evil and destructive bullshit of transgender ideology. This is how societies collapse and when it does collapse nobody is going to give a rats ass about these lunatics then.
She needs to sue. Take this issue to a ‘jury of our peers’- that’s what courts are for. The issue’s important - gotta get past the hysteria of left-wing extremists...
The male to “female” trans movement exists solely with actual female acquiescence. Hopefully more women start to object like this one.
You may be right about the differences.
I tend to get the terms mixed up, or use them interchangeably.
Along with the corporations and people who recognize them as Women.
“Instagram users lashed out at Silverman”
Yep. The brainwashed mob has spoken. Silverman is done.
Thank you.
It's been going on a long time. Like when adultery became an "affair." "Affair" sounds so much better.
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