{"id":1939833,"date":"2023-05-28T06:12:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T10:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trans-athletes-competing-against-girls-are-no-shows-at-state-event-governing-body-blames-critics\/"},"modified":"2023-05-28T06:18:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T10:18:47","slug":"trans-athletes-competing-against-girls-are-no-shows-at-state-event-governing-body-blames-critics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trans-athletes-competing-against-girls-are-no-shows-at-state-event-governing-body-blames-critics\/","title":{"rendered":"Trans athletes skip state event against girls; critics blamed by governing body."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Ftrans-athletes-competing-against-girls-are-no-shows-at-state-event-governing-body-blames-critics%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=1939833&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--><h2>Male Athletes Who Identify as Female Withdraw from California State Track and Field Championship<\/h2>\n<p>Two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-drops-support-for-female-high-school-students-suing-over-transgender-athletes\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Drops Support for Female High School Students Suing Over Transgender Athletes\">male high school athletes<\/a> who identify as female were set to compete in the girls\u2019 1,600-meter run at the California State preliminary Track and Field Championship on Friday. However, Athena Ryan and Lorelei Barrett were no-shows at the event after qualifying in sectionals. Ryan\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trans-athletes-competing-against-girls-are-no-shows-at-state-event-governing-body-blames-critics\/\" title=\"Trans athletes skip state event against girls; critics blamed by governing body.\">sectional win made headlines earlier<\/a> this month when the girl who was edged out by Ryan expressed her dismay at the unfair situation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Both boys (Athena Ryan and Lorelei Barrett) who qualified for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-international-sport-bans-biologically-male-trans-athletes-from-competing-against-women\/\" title=\"Another International Sport Bans Biologically Male Trans Athletes From Competing Against Women\">girls high school track<\/a> and field state championship in California didn&#8217;t not compete in prelims today. <\/p>\n<p>Did they realize they clearly possess an unfair advantage? Or is that too optimistic? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7zNMeYcNqg\">pic.twitter.com\/7zNMeYcNqg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riley_Gaines_\/status\/1662278991359647745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) permits male athletes who identify as female to compete in the female category. However, parents, female athletes, and political figures have voiced outrage over such rules regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usa-powerlifting-must-allow-men-to-compete-in-womens-division-after-losing-transgender-discrimination-case\/\" title=\"USA Powerlifting Must Allow Men To Compete In Women\u2019s Division After Losing Transgender Discrimination Case\">trans-identifying athletes<\/a>, arguing the biological advantages male athletes have over women.<\/p>\n<h3>CIF Takes the Side of Ryan and Barrett<\/h3>\n<p>CIF seemed to take the side of Ryan and Barrett, taking issue with critics, whom CIF suggests \u201charassed\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aclu-issues-twitter-thread-allegedly-debunking-myths-about-trans-students-in-sports\/\" title=\"ACLU Issues Twitter Thread Allegedly Debunking \u2018Myths\u2019 About Trans Students In Sports\">trans athletes<\/a>. \u201cThe CIF is disappointed for two of our student-athletes and their families because due to the actions of others, they found it necessary to withdraw from the State Track and Field Championships out of concern for the student\u2019s well being,\u201d the governing body told The Los Angeles Times. CIF added in its statement that the group \u201cstrongly denounces discriminatory or harassing behaviors that impact our student-athletes\u2019 opportunities to participate in interscholastic competitions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CIF\u2019s own guidelines permit male athletes who identify as female to compete in the female category. \u201cAll students should have the opportunity to participate in CIF activities in a manner that is consistent with their gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on a student\u2019s records,\u201d the group\u2019s rules state.<\/p>\n<h3>Outrage Over Trans-Identifying Athletes<\/h3>\n<p>Riley Gaines, a leading collegiate swimmer, has been one of the most influential voices on the matter. She was edged out in NCAA competition last year by an athlete named Lia Thomas, a male swimmer who claims to be female. Thomas notably swam against males with mediocre results, before switching to female competitions, where the athlete has cleaned up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth boys (Athena Ryan and Lorelei Barrett) who qualified for the girls high school track and field state championship in California didn\u2019t not compete in prelims today,\u201d Gaines posted to Twitter on Friday. \u201cDid they realize they clearly possess an unfair advantage? Or is that too optimistic?\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Get the DailyWire+ App<\/h3>\n<p>Join the conversation and stay up-to-date with the latest news by downloading the DailyWire+ app. Click <b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1685202016677000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3BHv9qMQC3OwHMBCkGZXpF\">here<\/a><\/b> to download now.<\/p>\n<h3>Related: \u2018Pathetic Cheating Male\u2019: Social Media Rips High School Boy Who Dominates Girls\u2019 Track And Field Championship<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two male high school athletes who identify as female did not show up for the California State preliminary Track and Field Championship. Athena Ryan and Lorelei Barrett were set to compete in the girls&#8217; 1,600-meter run after qualifying in sectionals. Ryan attends Sonoma Academy, while Barrett is from Sherman Oaks Buckley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":1939834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[4690,6708,4716,4365,4864,6060,19856,9558,7037],"class_list":["post-1939833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-athletes","tag-blamed","tag-body","tag-critics","tag-event","tag-girls","tag-governing","tag-skip","tag-trans"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939833","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\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1939833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1939834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1939833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1939833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1939833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}