Posted on 04/20/2023 4:42:43 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
A female high school volleyball player who was injured while competing against a male player last year testified Tuesday to the mental and physical trauma she’s dealt with since the incident.
Speaking during a committee hearing of the North Carolina legislature, Payton McNabb, a senior at Hiwassee Dam High School in the state, recounted the lingering injuries she’s suffered from since she was struck in the face by a ball that was spiked by a male competitor in a match last September.
“I suffered a concussion and neck injury that to this day I’m still recovering from,” she said. Other injuries she’s still living with include impaired vision and partial paralysis on the right side of her body, she said. McNabb has also experienced anxiety and depression.
On Wednesday, North Carolina lawmakers passed the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, which would prohibit male athletes from competing in the female division of school sports. Transgender students can still participate in co-ed sports or those that match the sex they were assigned at birth.
“I was unable to play the rest of my last volleyball season, and although I am currently playing softball, I was not able to perform as well as I have in the past because of the injury,” McNabb said.
She spoke alongside former University of Kentucky star swimmer Riley Gaines, who faced and tied with Lia Thomas — a biological male — at the NCAA championship women’s race.
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How I wish that were true... Unfortunately, it's not a sign of progress. The article is on MSM, but it was written for the conservative National Review. If it were written for mainstream media, it would've referred to the male volleyball player as a she/her.
Thank you for the links.
The Democrat factions hate each other, but all believe Utopia is right around the corner if they can just stick together and defeat conservative White men one more time.
I figured they were republishing somebody else’s article, but I was too lazy to look. Thanks.
You are welcome.
Okay, sorry, our youngest bio son is Payton Eli (we both are fans of Manning). Peyton is an unisex name, so I thought the mentally ill person was. Sorry Payton...
Totally understandable - it’s one of those names both boys and girls have now.
True...
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