'How do you not understand that that's unfair?' the parent of a girl who participated in the California Interscholastic Federation track competition said
EXCLUSIVE – A California parent of a female runner, who lost to a biological male in Saturday's California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) race, called it "unfair" in an interview with Fox News Digital.
Athena Ryan, who is a transgender female, finished in second place in the varsity girls 1,600-meter run finals on Saturday in the sectional Meet of Champions.
One of the parents of the runners who lost to Ryan, whose name is being withheld due to fears of retaliation and bullying, blasted the competition for allowing a biological male to compete against the girls.
"I'm absolutely opposed to it. There's no way this should be allowed," the parent said. "Ryan was in like fifth place with 100 to go, and all of a sudden he... blew past the girls."
"How do you not understand that that's unfair?" the parent said.
"I 100% percent empathize with the need to belong and the desire to compete. [However,] you have to understand how hard these girls work to do this."
"You're cheating [the sport], like the narcissism of this whole thing," the parent said about CIF's policies.
EXCLUSIVE – A California parent of a female runner, who lost to a biological male in Saturday's California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) race, called it "unfair" in an interview with Fox News Digital.
Athena Ryan, who is a transgender female, finished in second place in the varsity girls 1,600-meter run finals on Saturday in the sectional Meet of Champions.
One of the parents of the runners who lost to Ryan, whose name is being withheld due to fears of retaliation and bullying, blasted the competition for allowing a biological male to compete against the girls.
"I'm absolutely opposed to it. There's no way this should be allowed," the parent said. "Ryan was in like fifth place with 100 to go, and all of a sudden he... blew past the girls."
"How do you not understand that that's unfair?" the parent said.
"I 100% percent empathize with the need to belong and the desire to compete. [However,] you have to understand how hard these girls work to do this."
"You're cheating [the sport], like the narcissism of this whole thing," the parent said about CIF's policies.
California parent whose daughter lost to biological male in girls' track competition responds
A California parent of a female runner who lost to a transgender athlete speaks out about what the parent believed is an unfair competition.
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