New Direction Of Attacks Against Us

My child lost so it must be an unfair advantage. It couldn’t be because they weren’t that good; no I must be because of discrimination.

Transgender high school 100m runner facing scrutiny for competing as a girl
Andraya Yearwood is a 17-year-old sprinter from Cromwell, Connecticut who's advocating for transgender rights in sport
Running
By Madeleine Kelly
December 17th, 2018

Andraya Yearwood is a 100m runner who’s also a transgender girl. The Cromwell, Connecticut native is in her third year competing for Cromwell High School, but her track and field performances have upset some members of the running community, who claim that Yearwood has an unfair advantage in competition and shouldn’t be allowed to compete. Yearwood reportedly changed her name and pronouns with the school district before her freshman year, which allows her to compete as a girl.
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In America, the rules on transgender competition vary by state, and in Connecticut, Yearwood is allowed to compete as a woman. Yearwood describes to the Bleecher Report being yelled at during track meets. One spectator said, “He shouldn’t be running.” The sprinter has a personal best of 12.17 in the outdoor 100m, and has run a 25.33 over 200m. She finished second in the state open in 2018 with a time of 12.29. Yearwood’s story has gained international attention, and she recently spoke at Harvard on a panel called “The Intersection of Gender Identity, Race and Student Support.” She was there to advocate for transgender individuals.

Okay first of all she didn’t win the state championship, second what does the fact that she was on a panel at Harvard have to do with her competing in sports?

There are probably less than a 100 athletes here in Connecticut and most of them don’t win but all you hear about are the two that have won but you don’t hear about them. The facts are that until Tanner Stage 2 there is no muscular difference between boys and girls and after Tanner Stage 2 most of the trans athletes are taking blockers so physically they still have the muscular structure of a pre-pubescent child.

Meanwhile down in Arizona…

AIA alters language of transgender policy for Arizona student-athletes
"The kids feel it’s a little less invasive."
ABC15 News
By Shane Dale
December 17, 2018

In an effort to make discussions of gender identification less invasive for students, the Arizona Interscholastic Association approved changes to the language of its transgender rule at its Dec. 10 meeting.
The changes were made to Article 41 (found on page 7 of the meeting minutes), which pertains to the AIA's sports medicine rules. Students or parents are still required to contact their school's administrator or athletic director if the student "has a consistent gender identity different than the sex listed on the student's school registration records." But previously, students were required to explain why they were making the request, as well as the point in time in which they began to identify with a different gender.

The new language of the rule requires "a description of the student’s gender story, including age at emerging awareness of incongruence between sex assigned at birth and gender identity and where the student is in the gender transition process." The new language also requires a letter of support from the student's parent or guardian, rather than "documentation of the student's consistent gender identification affirmed by" the parent or guardian, per the previous rule language.

That wouldn’t fly here in Connecticut; trans students are not required to “prove” they are trans or provide a “personal narrative” to prove they are trans.

There is a rumor that a bill might be introduced to force trans athletes to compete in their birth gender.