My daughter is competing against two boys this weekend in California 1600 State Championships

good luck to her.

it might be a good time for adults to organize a peaceful protest.

Cool story Bro....now tell us how she's racing bigfoot at nationals.

REAP WHAT YOU (probably) VOTED FOR.

Newsflash. Not everyone who lives here votes for this insanity.

That's ridiculous. These trans kids are taking opportunities away from HS girls. Having gone through male puberty gives such an advantage,ESPECIALLY in running. If i were you I'd be pissed about my daughter racing against boys in her own race. We need to protect womens and young girls sports. CIF needs to address this

it's true, theres a boy at buckley competing as a girl, insanely unfair and rips hardworking girls from opportunities, including scholarships etc.

Actually, no non-politician has ever voted on the issue.

There is a real possibility one of them will win the whole thing and by next year they will be clocking in the 4:20s. Taking down all of the state records. Sucks that we all just have to watch it happen.

Can I ask you what your daughter thinks about all of this and what you are telling her? My daughter, now a collegiate runner, raced Athena many times. She won a few, lost a few more. She really didn’t seem to care one way or another any more than winning or losing to any of the others in the race.

It still doesn't affect her that much. She can still run fast and be recruited to run in college. That doesn't change and D1 coaches are not lining up to give scholarships to trans athletes. Worst case? She doesn't get that shiny state champion's medal.

Something needs to be done, new rules need to be written, and new categories created. But your daughter is not being denied opportunity and any decent coach worth running for does research beyond Athletic.net and Milesplit rankings.

Worst case is she doesn’t get a shiny medal? do you know how HARD it is to get to the state meet in California? But tell your daughter to quit her whining and accept it because men are telling her it’s no big deal.

That is really, really a long shot. Your claim that you told her that she would never have to compete against a transgender athlete seems like an effort to discredit people on here who have said it’s very unlikely.

She'll have a great story to tell her kids one day...

They voted for the politicians who allow it, moran

There were multiple Connecticut athletes who lost out on being able to compete for a state championship as males displaced them.

That’s just a bad take.

You would be right that sometimes we need to accept that we were dealt a difficult hand and not expect everyone else to sacrifice to make us whole for our bad fortune, but in this case it isn’t the guy’s daughter that needs this lesson.

I am not trying to 'discredit' anyone. I try not to get involved with politics that don't affect me. I actually try not to get involved with politics in general. Yet this has come up a lot recently and I've been dismissive (until now). I didn't vote for this (as someone hinted at).

Obviously, for me, it's hard to understand the side that thinks a boy can compete with a girl (on even playing field). As I pointed out, I empathize knowing these two individuals are not 'trying' to cheat or anything.

Another poster asked me how my daughter felt about it. She's empathetic that this person doesn't feel like a boy. But she's confused on how to treat her as a competitor. And she's clear on if this person robs her of a place on the podium or a spot in the final that she's going to be upset. But until then, she'll race everyone and just focus on herself and doing her best on Friday/Saturday.

I'm not particularly worried about either of these two competitors...it's just the trend that worries me. And it's two of them in one race @ State, which raises some eyebrows (and fulfills California stereotypes)

There are already two girls sitting at home whose season was unfairly ended a week too soon.

You’re lying about your daughter even running. This is a shill post for views.

Name the trans athletes. Sure.

People like you who have condoned and/or ignored trans in women's events, are the reason this issue is happening. You can't have it both ways, which is what you're trying to do.

You're either for the women, or you're not.