{"id":1917513,"date":"2023-04-21T03:56:29","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T07:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-still-suffer-high-school-volleyball-star-spiked-in-face-by-trans-player-describes-her-horrific-injuries\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T03:57:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T07:57:11","slug":"i-still-suffer-high-school-volleyball-star-spiked-in-face-by-trans-player-describes-her-horrific-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-still-suffer-high-school-volleyball-star-spiked-in-face-by-trans-player-describes-her-horrific-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Still Suffer\u2019: High School Volleyball Star Spiked In Face By Trans Player Describes Her Horrific Injuries"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fi-still-suffer-high-school-volleyball-star-spiked-in-face-by-trans-player-describes-her-horrific-injuries%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=1917513&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>A high school volleyball star who suffered gruesome injuries when a boy posing as a girl violently spiked the ball in her face told North Carolina state lawmakers Wednesday the state needs legislation barring biological males from competing against girls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Payton McNabb, now a senior at Hiwassee Dam High School, suffered a concussion and damage to her neck in the Sept. 1, 2022 incident. She joined former college swimming star Riley Gaines in calling for state lawmakers to pass the <a class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncleg.gov\/BillLookUp\/2023\/H574\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:the Fairness in Women\u2019s Sports Act,\u00a0;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-rapid_p=\"8\" data-v9y=\"1\">Fairness in Women\u2019s Sports Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOther injuries I still suffer from today include impaired vision, partial paralysis on my right side, constant headaches as well as anxiety and depression,\u201d she said. \u201cMy ability to learn, retain, comprehend has also been impaired and I require accommodations at school for testing because of this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The young woman, who continues to compete at the sport, said the incident has affected her in other ways. But her goal was to take a stand for younger female athletes who could face unfair and potentially dangerous competition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI know that my time playing is coming to an end,\u201d she said. \u201cI am here for every biological female athlete behind me. My little sister, my cousins, my teammates. Allowing biological males to compete against biological females is dangerous. I may be the first to come before you with an injury but if this doesn\u2019t pass, I won\u2019t be the last.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watch the clip of Payton McNabb getting spiked in the face by a male competing with the women. Then watch her testimony she gave today for the first time publicly. I was honored to stand alongside her in NC to continue the fight to protect women&#8217;s sports. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mvJmwprkaX\">pic.twitter.com\/mvJmwprkaX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riley_Gaines_\/status\/1648892612709953537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gaines, a former All-American swimmer at the University of Kentucky, has been at the forefront of the cause for protecting women\u2019s sports ever since she was deprived of a fifth-place medal at last year\u2019s NCAA championships by Lia Thomas, a biological male.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBeing successful at the elite level is far from easy and it\u2019s a lifelong journey,\u201d Gaines told the lawmakers. \u201cIt\u2019s impossible to put into words the amount of time and dedication and sacrifices that I\u2019ve made.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gaines noted she had started swimming at the age of four, and dedicated 18 years of her life to swimming, adding, \u201cwhich isn\u2019t unique when competing at the collegiate level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">She recalled the March 2022 NCAA championships, when Thomas won the 500 freestyle, \u201cbeating out the most impressive and accomplished female swimmers in the country, including many U.S. Olympians and American record holders by body lengths.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Noting that Thomas had been rated 462nd, at best, competing against men the year before, she segued to the next day, when she and Thomas tied, but the NCAA handed the trophy to Thomas, telling her to go home empty-handed because Thomas needed to hold the trophy for pictures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI felt betrayed and belittled and like my efforts and sacrifices I had made had been reduced to a photo op to validate the identity and feelings of a male,\u201d she remembered. \u201cBut my feelings did not matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBut that is not all,\u201d she continued tearfully. \u201cIn addition to giving up our awards and our titles and our opportunities, the NCAA forced female swimmers to share a locker room with Thomas, a six-foot-four, 22-year-old male equipped with an exposing male genitalia in a room full of vulnerable, undressed women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cLet me be clear: we were not forewarned about this arrangement; no one asked for our consent, and we did not give our consent,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s impossible to speak for every girl on that pool deck and I don\u2019t claim to speak for every girl, but I can wholeheartedly attest to the tears that I witnessed from the 9th and 17th place finishers who missed out on being named an All American by one place,\u201d she continued. \u201cAnd, again, I can wholeheartedly attest to the extreme discomfort in the locker room from 18 to 22-year-old girls who were exposed to male body parts and having to undress in a room with a male watching.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI can wholeheartedly attest to the fact that around the country, female athletes who protested the inclusion of Lia Thomas in the women\u2019s division were threatened, intimidated, and emotionally blackmailed into silence and submission,\u201d she declared.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The North Carolina House, now featuring a Republican supermajority, approved the legislation 73-39. 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