Posted on 06/06/2024 11:01:24 AM PDT by NetAddicted
A male athlete who thinks he’s a woman complained to reporters about the lack of “sportsmanship” he’s received from the girls he is competing against.
To recap, Townhall covered how Veronica Garcia, a 16-year-old male, competed in the girls’ 400-meter dash at the Washington State Championship last month. Garcia finished with a time of 55.75, a full second ahead of the runner-up, who is a biological female.
Multiple outlets noted that there was silence during the awards portion when Garcia was given first place.
Garcia reportedly told The Spokesman-Review that he was “somewhat hurt” that the girls he competed against did not cheer him on.
"I guess maybe I expected sportsmanship because I was cheering the rest of them on when they were called. So I guess I expected to get that reciprocated," Garcia told the outlet. "But I didn’t get that.
“I’m just a teenager. I wish people would remember that,” Garcia added.
The Spokesman-Review explained that the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association has had a policy allowing students to compete in the division of the gender they “most consistently expressed” for the past 18 years.
In addition, Washington is one of 16 states with policies that allow for “full participation of trans, nonbinary and other gender-diverse students in school athletics,” the outlet added (via The Spokesman-Review):
Unlike some states, Washington does not require transgender student athletes to undergo hormone replacement therapy or suppression of the hormones naturally produced by their bodies. Transgender athletes in Washington also are not required to disclose their medical information to play high school sports.
Garcia declined to disclose whether she has been prescribed hormone replacement therapy medicine or puberty blockers. Efforts this week to interview Garcia’s mother, Traci Brown, have not been successful. However, late last year Brown said she supports Garcia “100%.”
“I’m so proud of her,” she said at the time.
WIAA spokesperson Sean Bessette told the outlet that they’ve received many complaints about Garcia’s participation in girls’ sports.
“It just seems very unfair,” Beth Daranciang, a Republican running for a state House seat, told the outlet. “Sports are based on physical competition. It’s not based on identity. So that’s why we should keep sports based on the physical distinctions between males and females.”
“Parents of female athletes are tired of seeing their daughters denied the opportunity to compete on a level playing field. Some states require athletes to play in sports based on their biological sex, but not nearly enough have implemented these sensible measures and the Biden Administration’s recent changes to Title IX have only muddied the water. Elected officials across the country have a duty to protect girls and end this absurdity,” American Parents Coalition Executive Director Alleigh Marré told Townhall.
“sportsWomanship”
Ah yes, the "I justa ba-aa-by" defense by the attention whore.
they just wanna, they just wanna, boys just wanna have fun.
He’s just mad they’re actually trying to win, which he deserves because oppression...
Yeah, he’s a teenager alright ... a mentally ill, delusional teenager who sees nothing wrong with cheating (which makes him immoral, as well).
Women cannot complain, all they need to do is all female entrants scratch their events. The NCAA will eventually get the hint and let the homophobes have their own events.
“I’m just a teenager. I wish people would remember that,” Garcia added.
No, you’re a mentally-ill, subhuman POS.
All the girls should have refused to participate in the race.
Women cannot complain, all they need to do is all female entrants scratch their events.“
It’s the only way this BS stops. It’s not fair and a big ask to put this on the young women’s shoulders but it is the only way.
The female athletes should tell the pretend-female athlete that, they’ll treat ‘him’ as their equal, when they get ‘medical treatments’ to get them to look as him, in size and strength and ugliness, and that ‘he/she/it’ should wait to compete with them until they become like ‘him/her/it’. It’s the only fair thing to do.
Back in my day the boys would have taken care of this asshat and if he ever made it to the field the fathers would have done the same.
Where are the men, the fathers? Gaming? Watching porn?
anytime women want the insanity to stop they can simply start voting Republican
narcissism and psychopathy is off-the-charts with the LGBTQ-Trans crowd
It is asking ordinary women/people to make extraordinary sacrifices. A few will do it, many will not.
Many of these girls/women have invested 15 years in their sport. My daughter is one of them. Imagine you have spent $tens of thousands on coaching and travel, dozens of weekends away at competitions, missed school, etc... Then you finally reach the dream of making it to a regional or national competition....
the natural instinct, for people who have not done a full calculation of their moral beliefs, or the consequences thereof - is "go along to get along."
We never faced a choice like this, thank God
I equate it to the vaccine mandates. Are you going to sacrifice your job, your mental health, and family stability - or just play the odds, take the damn shot, and get your pass for the Gestapo?
“Why aren’t I 50 points ahead?”
Why weren't there deafening and resounding boo's that went on for ten minutes?
"the policy allows students to compete in the division of the gender they 'most consistently expressed' for the past 18 years."
So how does a 16 year old meet that 18 year requirement?
They can’t pinch his boobs or pull his hair. Naturally, you aim lower, help him get rid of his package.
Exactly, it angers and sickens me girls like your daughter are put in this position by these creeps.
Actually, he’s a freak that belongs in a sideshow.
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