In The Running!

They are off and running!

And I do mean “they,” a non-binary athlete is in the Olympics this summer.

Transgender runner Nikki Hiltz is headed to the Paris Olympics
The nonbinary athlete punched their ticket to Paris after winning the 1500-meter race at Sunday's U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials.
NBC News
By Jo Yurcaba
July 2, 2024

Transgender and nonbinary middle-distance runner Nikki Hiltz ran the second fastest time ever of any American in the women’s 1500-meter race at the U.S. Olympic Trials Sunday, qualifying for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

Hiltz, who uses they/them pronouns, charged ahead of Elle St. Pierre and Emily Mackay in the final stretch of the race, finishing with a time of 3:55:33, a trials record. All of the top eight finishers set a new personal best time, according to OutSports. Paris will mark Hiltz’s Olympic debut.

In a post-race interview with NBC Sports, Hiltz, 29, said the race had significance beyond their personal accomplishment.

“This is bigger than just me. It’s the last day of Pride Month. ... I wanted to run this one for my community,” they said. “All the LGBT folks, yeah, you guys brought me home that last hundred [meters]. I could just feel the love and support.”

Do you want to read about what Fox News thinks?

Nikki Hiltz, a biological female who identifies as transgender non-binary, qualified for the U.S. Olympic team on Sunday after winning the women's 1,500-meter race at the trials over the weekend.

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Hiltz also noted that it was the last day of Pride month.

Rather mild for Fox, but then again they were AFAB and they are running in the women’s race. So Fox doesn’t have anything to have a hissy-fit over.

 

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In other trans news... I just found this on Facebook, it is a month old but,

How does being transgender affect your personal and family finances?
CNN

By Bryan Mena

June 4, 2024

From extreme poverty to discrimination at the workplace, surveys and studies show that transgender people deal with a bevy of economic struggles.

A joint report from the National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force found that transgender Americans were “nearly four times more likely to have a household income of less than $10,000/year compared to the general population.” The report, based on a survey of 6,450 respondents who identified as transgender or gender nonconforming, also found that unemployment is twice as high within the community and that “ninety percent of those surveyed reported experiencing harassment, mistreatment or discrimination.”

According to the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles, “a transgender gender experience has been shown to be a unique and significant factor in economic, health, and experienced discrimination.”

I know many trans people who have to couch surf and are unemployed. Businesses are smart enough to not come out and say that they are not hiring trans people but the results are the same... no trans!

The article also has a reply box for those who want to talk about how they can't find jobs.