{"id":2259802,"date":"2024-06-04T17:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T21:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-was-cheering-trans-identifying-athlete-complains-about-lack-of-sportsmanship-from-female-competitors\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T17:56:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T21:56:06","slug":"i-was-cheering-trans-identifying-athlete-complains-about-lack-of-sportsmanship-from-female-competitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-was-cheering-trans-identifying-athlete-complains-about-lack-of-sportsmanship-from-female-competitors\/","title":{"rendered":"Transgender Athlete Upset by Female Competitors&#8217; Lack of Sportsmanship"},"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\">18<\/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-was-cheering-trans-identifying-athlete-complains-about-lack-of-sportsmanship-from-female-competitors%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=2259802&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 male high school\u2064 athlete identifying as transgender expressed disappointment in the lack of sportsmanship from his female \u2064competitors\u2062 after winning a girls&#8217; championship event. Veronica Garcia,\u200b a 16-year-old trans student at East Valley High \u2063School, faced \u2064criticism\u200c from the crowd for being the first transgender athlete to win a state title. \u2062Garcia hoped \u200bfor more \u200dsportsmanship \u2064but received minimal\u2062 acknowledgment from fellow athletes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/transgender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trans-identifying<\/a> male high school athlete complained about the lack of \u201csportsmanship\u201d from his female competitors after he won an event in the girls\u2019 championship.<\/p>\n<p>Veronica Garcia, 16, is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/girl-father-file-suit-saying-they-were-suspended-for-misgendering-boy-in-girls-locker-room\/\" title=\"Girl, Father File Suit Saying They Were Suspended For \u2018Misgendering\u2019 Boy In Girls\u2019 Locker Room\">trans-identifying student<\/a> who runs on the girls track team at East Valley High School near Spokane.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Garcia was greeted with boos from the crowd when he finished first in the girls\u2019 400-meter run at the track and field championships in Tacoma, making him the first trans-identifying high school athlete to place first in state.<\/p>\n<p>When he accepted his gold medal at the podium, his female competitors did not applaud or cheer, but instead stood with their hands behind their backs.<\/p>\n<p>Someone in the crowd <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spokesman.com\/stories\/2024\/jun\/02\/east-valley-teen-is-the-first-washington-transgend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly<\/a> shouted, \u201cShe\u2019s not a girl!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Garcia said he was \u201csomewhat hurt\u201d the girls did not congratulate him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess maybe I expected sportsmanship because I was cheering the rest of them on when they were called. So I guess I expected to get that reciprocated,\u201d Garcia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spokesman.com\/stories\/2024\/jun\/02\/east-valley-teen-is-the-first-washington-transgend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> The Spokesman-Review. \u201cBut I didn\u2019t get that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just a teenager. I wish people would remember that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><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=1716990157394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw33qQydjIo8bet419amChif\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Garcia\u2019s first place time for the 400-meter run was 55.75 seconds, a full second faster than the girl who finished second.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA), which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-court-rejects-female-athletes-bid-to-scrap-transgender-sports-policy-in-connecticut\/\" title=\"Federal Court Rejects Female Athletes\u2019 Bid To Scrap Transgender Sports Policy In Connecticut\">governs high school sports<\/a> in the state, allows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-school-district-will-require-students-to-use-bathroom-of-biological-sex-after-court-ruling\/\" title=\"Florida School District Will Require Students To Use Bathroom Of Biological Sex After Court Ruling\">trans-identifying students<\/a> to compete on the team of the opposite sex.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe WIAA encourages participation for all students regardless of their gender identity or expression,\u201d the WIAA handbook <a href=\"https:\/\/assets-rst7.rschooltoday.com\/rst7files\/uploads\/sites\/652\/2023\/10\/10132553\/Eligibility.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reads<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The WIAA also does not require high school athletes to take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/very-complicated-dr-rachel-levine-dodges-sen-pauls-issue-about-sex-adjustments-for-children\/\" title=\"\u2018Very Complicated\u2019: Dr. Rachel Levine Dodges Sen. Paul\u2019s Issue About Sex Adjustments For Children\">cross-sex hormones<\/a> or puberty blockers to play on the team of the opposite sex.<\/p>\n<p>The boos at Saturday\u2019s meet were \u201ca bit more severe\u201d than usual, Garcia told The Spokesman-Review.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia began identifying and presenting as female last year. Since then, he says he has received \u201cdiscriminatory comments\u201d about his gender identity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just a teenager. It\u2019s one thing if you want to advocate for whatever, but your message becomes deflated when you start insulting,\u201d he said. \u201cAs soon as you start harassing transgender people, then I think your message starts to fall apart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the very least, give us respect, because I think the best thing anyone can do is, even if you don\u2019t understand why we\u2019re transgender, the very least is to be nice to us. Kindness goes a long way,\u201d Garcia said.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia admitted there are \u201cnot easy answers\u201d to trans-identifying people competing in sports.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A high school male athlete identifying as transgender criticized his female competitors&#8217; sportsmanship after winning a girls&#8217; championship event. 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