Former USA Swimming official says trans swimmer is 'destroying' sport

Transgender controversy spills over into another sport...

Skateboarder Taylor Silverman rips trans competitors who win: ‘Unfair’
https://nypost.com/2022/05/20/skateboarder-taylor-silverman-rips-trans-competitors-who-win/

A female skateboarder is flipping out at transgender athletes who are allowed to compete in women’s events — saying it’s costing her thousands of dollars in prize money.

“I am sick of being bullied into silence,” Taylor Silverman, 27, complained on Instagram Wednesday, already landing more than 17,000 likes, as well as a flurry of attacks accusing her of being transphobic.

Silverman, from Kalamazoo, Michigan, complained that she has competed in “three different contests with trans women, two of which I placed second.”

She shared a letter she wrote to Red Bull complaining about the “unfair” competition she faced at last year’s Cornerstone competition, which skateboard blogs say was won by trans skater Lillian Gallagher.

Video posted to YouTube shows Gallagher taking home a trophy at the event in Lincoln, Nebraska — with Silverman and another skater on smaller podiums beside her.

The YouTube clip from December’s competition shows Silverman appearing somewhat sullen on the podium before shimmying her award and skateboard for the fans and competitors in attendance.

“A biological man with a clear advantage won the women’s division, best trick, and also won multiple qualifiers,” Silverman wrote in the message.

Gallagher, whom Silverman did not name, took home $5,000 for her performance, which included “Best Trick.”

“This took away the opportunity that was meant for women to place and earn money,” Silverman wrote to Red Bull Senior Sports Marketing Manager Erich Dummer.

“I deserved to place first, be acknowledged for my win, and get paid,” she said, complaining that she “was ignored” by Red Bull.

Silverman received a steady stream of supportive messages, with some calling for boycotts of events where trans skaters competed.

“I’m proud of you for speaking up!” another skateboarder told her. “Live your truth, and always stand for what you believe in, just as everyone else should.”

However, she was also thrashed in a flood of angry messages accusing her of being a sore loser and transphobic.

“‘I’m not a transphobe’ says transphobe, after tagging every transphobe they can think of in their transphobic post,” one person wrote.

Piers Morgan — who interviewed Silverman on his new TV show Thursday — said that “the abuse that she got from the trans community was appalling.”

Blogger Christina Buttons tweeted that “the amount of vitriol Taylor Silverman has received is exactly why more women don’t come forward when biological males enter their sports category.”

“Every hour, 100’s of abusive comments come in for every few offering support,” she noted.

She called Silverman “incredibly brave for speaking up to defend her sports category. Not many can tolerate the onslaught of abuse she’s endured.”

Some of the support she did get, however, should help her — with blogger Tim Pool saying his Timcast “will gladly cover the difference and grant Taylor Silverman the $2250 difference lost.”

“We will also be willing to cover the total lost revenue for the female athletes who would have placed higher were it not for the male athlete,” Pool tweeted.

Neither Gallagher nor Red Bull appear to have responded to the criticism. Red Bull did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

You're falling for the latest non-issue by your CRT hero, Rufo, GWB:

 
Alliance Defending Freedom to argue Connecticut policy harms girls' sports, is 'clear violation of Title IX'
Alliance Defending Freedom says the policy denied female athletes medals and/or advancement opportunities
https://www.foxnews.com/media/allia...y-harms-girls-sports-clear-violation-title-ix

Oral arguments are set to begin Thursday in a case involving four female athletes who challenged a Connecticut policy that allows males who identify as female to compete in girls’ athletic events.

Alliance Defending Freedom, which is representing track athletes Selina Soule, Alanna Smith, Chelsea Mitchell, and Ashley Nicoletti in Soule v. Connecticut Association of Schools, said in a press release ahead of arguments that the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference’s policy resulted in males who identify as female "consistently depriving" the women of honors and opportunities to compete at elite levels. The group argues, for instance, that the young women were denied medals and/or advancement opportunities. A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit on April 25, 2021, but the plaintiffs have appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.

"What we're arguing before the court tomorrow at the Second Circuit is that the court should allow this case to move forward, that girls should be able to make their case in court and demonstrate that males coming in and dominating girls' sports is a clear violation of Title IX," ADF Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer told Fox News Digital.

The ACLU is among those defending Andraya Yearwood and Terry Miller, two transgender student athletes who have since graduated from Connecticut high schools. U.S. District Court Judge Robert Chatigny dismissed the lawsuit in April on procedural grounds, saying in the ruling that there was no dispute to resolve because the two transgender athletes have graduated, and the plaintiffs could not identify other female transgender athletes.

ACLU of Connecticut didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

"We think everyone is protected under Title IX on the same basis, and that's based on their biological sex," Kiefer continued. "The whole reason that we have women's sports as a separate category is because there are actual physical differences between males and females. Science shows that there's anywhere from a 10 to a 50% performance advantage that males have over their female counterparts. So, if we want a future where girls like my clients, Selina, Chelsea, Alanna can continue to compete to be the best that they can to earn college scholarships, to showcase their talents, then we have to protect the integrity of women's sports."

"Males will always have inherent physical advantages over comparably talented and trained girls; Title IX’s whole purpose was to ensure that girls had equal athletic opportunities to compete—and win—in girls’ sports events," ADF Senior Counsel Roger Brooks, who will be arguing before the court on behalf of the female athletes in Thursday's oral arguments said in a press release. "And when our laws and policies fail to recognize the real physical differences between males and females, women and girls bear the brunt of the harm. It’s our hope that the 2nd Circuit will give the young women we represent the right to pursue their case and put women’s sports back on a level playing field."

The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference declined to comment ahead of the hearing when Fox News Digital reached out.

On the 50th anniversary of Title IX, a federal civil rights law established in 1972 designed to create equal opportunities for women in education and athletics, in July, President Biden unveiled new draft rules that sparked the fury of many parents for how the new proposals would expand the definition of sex.

The proposed regulations would sweep gender identity into the law’s protections, "strengthen[ing] protections for LGBTQIA+ students who face discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity," according to the Department of Education.

Should the draft rules become law, Kiefer predicted it would have a "devastating impact" on female athletes.

Other female athletes have spoken out against policies they've argued are unfair to women's sports. Notably, former All-American University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines has blasted policies allowing Lia Thomas, a former transgender athlete for the University of Pennsylvania, to compete against her in last year's NCAA tournaments.

Gaines competed against Thomas in her senior year at the 200-meter race at the NCAA Championships. After tying with Thomas down to the hundredth of a second, Gaines said Thomas was given the trophy for "photo purposes" while Gaines had to wait for hers to be sent to her in the mail. She suggested the integrity of women's sports was at stake.

"I think people forget that women's sports were a protected group," Gaines said on Fox Nation's "Tucker Carlson Today." "The category was made because the playing field was not level by any means when you have them competing against men," Gaines said. "And so obviously it was created to ensure that fairness. And now that we are kind of completely flipping that, it devalues what it was created for."
 
The entire situation with biological males competing in female sports has reached the point of absurdity. First it is undermining the gains that female athletes have made over the decades when anyone can declare themselves a female and compete against the ladies. Second it is dangerous to females. It is time to put a stop to this nonsense.

North Carolina school district votes to forfeit games against rival after transgender athlete injures player
Player reportedly suffered head and neck injuries from vicious spike
https://www.foxnews.com/us/first-te...ed-amid-probe-uvalde-school-shooting-response

The Cherokee County Board of Education in North Carolina voted last month to forfeit girls volleyball games against a rival school after a transgender athlete reportedly injured a player with a spike.

The board voted 5-1 Sept. 21 for Hiwassee Dam High School to forfeit all girls volleyball matches against Highlands School after a Hiwassee Dam player reportedly suffered head and neck injuries from a spike from the Highlands transgender athlete.

"The county will not participate in any volleyball games, varsity or junior varsity, against Highlands due to safety concerns," the board said.

David Payne, Hiwassee Dam's athletic director, supported the decision, and Vice Chair Jeff Martin felt that "there is a competitive advantage and a safety concern for certain teams — it’s not the same for all teams."

Payne believed "a statement needed to be made and that it's unfair and unsafe" while also saying there were "mixed feelings" from players and parents about facing Highlands in the future.

Board member Joe Wood said the decision was made based on safety, not gender.

The board member who voted against the move, Keesha Curtis, "believes all school principals and ADs should make that decision."

The Hiwassee Dam player is still suffering from long-term concussion symptoms and has not been cleared to play, according to Education First Alliance.

Transgender athletes competing in women's sports has become a controversial topic, especially after Lia Thomas, a biological man, won an NCAA championship in women's swimming earlier this year.

Several states have passed laws requiring athletes to participate in sports based on their biological sex
 
The entire situation with biological males competing in female sports has reached the point of absurdity. First it is undermining the gains that female athletes have made over the decades when anyone can declare themselves a female and compete against the ladies. Second it is dangerous to females. It is time to put a stop to this nonsense.

North Carolina school district votes to forfeit games against rival after transgender athlete injures player
Player reportedly suffered head and neck injuries from vicious spike
https://www.foxnews.com/us/first-te...ed-amid-probe-uvalde-school-shooting-response

The Cherokee County Board of Education in North Carolina voted last month to forfeit girls volleyball games against a rival school after a transgender athlete reportedly injured a player with a spike.

The board voted 5-1 Sept. 21 for Hiwassee Dam High School to forfeit all girls volleyball matches against Highlands School after a Hiwassee Dam player reportedly suffered head and neck injuries from a spike from the Highlands transgender athlete.

"The county will not participate in any volleyball games, varsity or junior varsity, against Highlands due to safety concerns," the board said.

David Payne, Hiwassee Dam's athletic director, supported the decision, and Vice Chair Jeff Martin felt that "there is a competitive advantage and a safety concern for certain teams — it’s not the same for all teams."

Payne believed "a statement needed to be made and that it's unfair and unsafe" while also saying there were "mixed feelings" from players and parents about facing Highlands in the future.

Board member Joe Wood said the decision was made based on safety, not gender.

The board member who voted against the move, Keesha Curtis, "believes all school principals and ADs should make that decision."

The Hiwassee Dam player is still suffering from long-term concussion symptoms and has not been cleared to play, according to Education First Alliance.

Transgender athletes competing in women's sports has become a controversial topic, especially after Lia Thomas, a biological man, won an NCAA championship in women's swimming earlier this year.

Several states have passed laws requiring athletes to participate in sports based on their biological sex

no female player has ever been injured by getting spiked on in a game of volleyball ever. In fact, the sport is injury proof.
 
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So if they transition to one gender and then back to the original gender -- then which bathroom should they use --- and should they be joining the men's or women's sports team. Just wondering.

Influencer who transitioned into Korean woman is now transitioning back to British man
A British influencer who transitioned to a Korean woman earlier this year has done a U-turn by now transitioning back to a British man, admitting it was a 'big mistake'.
https://www.unilad.com/news/oli-london-korean-woman-transition-man-20221112
 
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