{"id":1128103,"date":"2021-12-17T09:59:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T14:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1128103"},"modified":"2021-12-17T09:59:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T14:59:24","slug":"watch-dont-let-anyone-silence-you-female-college-athlete-urges-penn-swimmers-to-speak-out-against-transgender-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-dont-let-anyone-silence-you-female-college-athlete-urges-penn-swimmers-to-speak-out-against-transgender-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: \u2018Don\u2019t Let Anyone Silence You\u2019: Female College Athlete Urges Penn Swimmers To Speak Out Against Transgender Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-dont-let-anyone-silence-you-female-college-athlete-urges-penn-swimmers-to-speak-out-against-transgender-competition%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1128103&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In the wake of the furor that erupted over Lia Thomas \u2014 a biological male and self-described transgender woman on the University of Pennsylvania women\u2019s swimming team \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/watch-heres-what-it-looked-like-when-u-penn-trans-swimmer-destroyed-female-competition\/\">dominating<\/a> women\u2019s swimming competitions, one female track athlete spoke out on Thursday to condemn the idea of biological males competing against women in sports and urge the women on the Penn swimming team to come forward and join her in speaking out.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on Fox News, Madison Kenyon, who <a href=\"https:\/\/isubengals.com\/sports\/womens-track-and-field\/roster\/madi-kenyon\/7253\">runs for the Idaho State track and cross country team<\/a>, majoring in biomedicine while having made the dean\u2019s list in 2019 and 2021, asserted, \u201cI just kind of want to say to the female athletes in Pennsylvania, don\u2019t let anyone silence you. Speak up. Tell the NCAA your athletic directors and your coaches that you want fair competition, because doing this is nowhere near as scary as it seems. And the amount of support is overwhelming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox News host Will Cain prompted Kenyon, saying, \u201cI should say that while Lia Thomas hasn\u2019t had gender-affirming surgery, he did have a year\u2019s worth of, I believe, hormonal treatment, which is what the NCAA requires in many situations. But Madison, it doesn\u2019t change the biological fact that he\u2019s a man. He went through puberty as a man, he has muscle structure, and everything through 22 years of his life as a man and Madison, you\u2019ve competed against this exact situation in track you\u2019ve competed against transgender athletes. \u2026 Would you tell us tell all of us watching right now? What is it like to go into a competition against a transgender athlete when you know, the outcome ahead of time?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, it\u2019s extremely deflating,\u201d Kenyon responded. \u201cI\u2019ve experienced it five times. And each time I lost to a biological male. And the fact that that\u2019s still happening, that women are still losing to biological males, in their own sport shows why we need more female athletes to speak up about this. And so I just kind of want to say to the female athletes in Pennsylvania, don\u2019t let anyone silence you. Speak up. Tell the NCAA your athletic directors and your coaches that you want fair competition, because doing this is nowhere near as scary as it seems. And the amount of support is overwhelming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cain turned to Kenyon\u2019s attorney Kristen Waggoner, asking, \u201cI mentioned what the NCAA rules are about hormonal treatment. And, you know, different states at the high school level have different laws. What should the laws be when it comes to this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re simple.\u201d Waggoner replied bluntly. \u201cThe law should be the biological women compete against biological women and the NCAA policy doesn\u2019t require the University of Pennsylvania to deny a fair playing field to women. It doesn\u2019t require that at all. In fact, what it\u2019s doing is prioritizing activists over women athletes, and by denying them a fair playing field, they\u2019re refusing again to recognize legitimate biological distinctions and that hurts women and girls the most.<\/p>\n<p>Cain concluded, \u201cI think many are guided by empathy, but they\u2019re prioritizing empathizing with one individual over the hundreds, the thousands of Madisons out there that have trained their entire lives. Very selective in where you apply your empathy, and by the way, it\u2019s the end of women\u2019s sports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Female athlete speaks out against competing with transgender athletes\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BL1XybPl5yA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Kenyon and teammate Mary Kate Marshall were represented by <a href=\"https:\/\/adfmedia.org\/case\/hecox-v-little\">Alliance Defending Freedom<\/a> as they supported Idaho\u2019s Fairness in Women\u2019s Sports Act earlier this year, which was challenged in a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in&nbsp;<em>Hecox v. Little<\/em>. ADF noted:<\/p>\n<p><em>The oral arguments concern a district court order which temporarily halted enforcement of the law. The district court\u2019s hold on the law means female athletes must compete against males who identify as female while the lawsuit proceeds. ADF attorneys are asking the 9th Circuit to reverse the district court\u2019s order, and so are numerous female athletes, medical professionals, feminist groups, and 14 states that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/adfmedia.org\/press-release\/broad-support-filed-9th-circuit-protecting-girls-sports\">filed friend-of-the-court briefs<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kenyon stated in April 2021 regarding the lawsuit, \u201cAs a cross-country runner for Idaho State University, I\u2019ve been forced to compete repeatedly against a male athlete\u2014and lost each and every race. Losing unfairly to someone who has natural advantages is frustrating and unmotivating, not just for me, but for my teammates as well. Idaho\u2019s law protects my athletic future, the same way Title IX provided athletic futures for the female athletes who paved the way before me. I joined this lawsuit because I knew I had an opportunity to be a voice for girls and women in sports today and in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIdaho\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/legislature.idaho.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sessioninfo\/2020\/legislation\/H0500.pdf\">Fairness in Women\u2019s Sports Act<\/a>, which bars transgender women and girls from competing on collegiate and K-12 women\u2019s and girls\u2019 sports teams, hasn\u2019t been active for over a year while it\u2019s being challenged in court. Now, the law\u2019s defenders are pushing a federal district court to unfreeze enforcement. The legal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of the furor that erupted over Lia Thomas \u2014 a biological male and self-described transgender woman on the University of Pennsylvania women\u2019s swimming team \u2014 dominating women\u2019s swimming competitions, one female track athlete spoke out on Thursday to condemn the idea of biological males competing against women in sports and urge the women on the Penn swimming team to come forward and join her in speaking out.Appearing on Fox News, Madison Kenyon, who runs for the Idaho State track and cross country team, majoring in biomedicine while having made the dean\u2019s list in 2019 and 2021, asserted, \u201cI just kind of want to say to the female athletes in Pennsylvania, don\u2019t let anyone silence you. Speak up. Tell the NCAA your athletic directors and your coaches that you want fair competition, because doing this is nowhere near as scary as it seems. And the amount of support is overwhelming.\u201dFox News host Will Cain prompted Kenyon, saying, \u201cI should say that while Lia Thomas hasn\u2019t had gender-affirming surgery, he did have a year\u2019s worth of, I believe, hormonal treatment, which is what the NCAA requires in many situations. But Madison, it doesn\u2019t change the biological fact that he\u2019s a man. He went through puberty as a man, he has muscle structure, and everything through 22 years of his life as a man and Madison, you\u2019ve competed against this exact situation in track you\u2019ve competed against transgender athletes. \u2026 Would you tell us tell all of us watching right now? What is it like to go into a competition against a transgender athlete when you know, the outcome ahead of time?\u201d\u201cYeah, it\u2019s extremely deflating,\u201d Kenyon responded. \u201cI\u2019ve experienced it five times. And each time I lost to a biological male. And the fact that that\u2019s still happening, that women are still losing to biological males, in their own sport shows why we need more female athletes to speak up about this. And so I just kind of want to say to the female athletes in Pennsylvania, don\u2019t let anyone silence you. Speak up. Tell the NCAA your athletic directors and your coaches that you want fair competition, because doing this is nowhere near as scary as it seems. And the amount of support is overwhelming.\u201dCain turned to Kenyon\u2019s attorney Kristen Waggoner, asking, \u201cI mentioned what the NCAA rules are about hormonal treatment. And, you know, different states at the high school level have different laws. What should the laws be when it comes to this?\u201d\u201cThey\u2019re simple.\u201d Waggoner replied bluntly. \u201cThe law should be the biological women compete against biological women and the NCAA policy doesn\u2019t require the University of Pennsylvania to deny a fair playing field to women. It doesn\u2019t require that at all. In fact, what it\u2019s doing is prioritizing activists over women athletes, and by denying them a fair playing field, they\u2019re refusing again to recognize legitimate biological distinctions and that hurts women and girls the most.Cain concluded, \u201cI think many are guided by empathy, but they\u2019re prioritizing empathizing with one individual over the hundreds, the thousands of Madisons out there that have trained their entire lives. Very selective in where you apply your empathy, and by the way, it\u2019s the end of women\u2019s sports.\u201d[embedded content]Kenyon and teammate Mary Kate Marshall were represented by Alliance Defending Freedom as they supported Idaho\u2019s Fairness in Women\u2019s Sports Act earlier this year, which was challenged in a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in\u00a0Hecox v. Little. ADF noted:The oral arguments concern a district court order which temporarily halted enforcement of the law. The district court\u2019s hold on the law means female athletes must compete against males who identify as female while the lawsuit proceeds. ADF attorneys are asking the 9th Circuit to reverse the district court\u2019s order, and so are numerous female athletes, medical professionals, feminist groups, and 14 states that\u00a0filed friend-of-the-court briefs.Kenyon stated in April 2021 regarding the lawsuit, \u201cAs a cross-country runner for Idaho State University, I\u2019ve been forced to compete repeatedly against a male athlete\u2014and lost each and every race. Losing unfairly to someone who has natural advantages is frustrating and unmotivating, not just for me, but for my teammates as well. Idaho\u2019s law protects my athletic future, the same way Title IX provided athletic futures for the female athletes who paved the way before me. I joined this lawsuit because I knew I had an opportunity to be a voice for girls and women in sports today and in the future.\u201d\u201cIdaho\u2019s\u00a0Fairness in Women\u2019s Sports Act, which bars transgender women and girls from competing on collegiate and K-12 women\u2019s and girls\u2019 sports teams, hasn\u2019t been active for over a year while it\u2019s being challenged in court. Now, the law\u2019s defenders are pushing a federal district court to unfreeze enforcement. The legal challenge, made in the\u00a0Hecox v. Little\u00a0case, led a judge\u00a0to freeze, or enjoin, the ban in August of 2020\u00a0to prevent \u201cirreparable\u201d harm to two student-athletes who brought forth the challenge. But in June,\u00a0a higher court remanded, or sent the case back to a lower court, because both students were no longer enrolled in their perspective schools and wouldn\u2019t be immediately affected by the law,\u201d Idaho Ed News reported in late November.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1128103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1128103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1128103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1128103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1128103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}