The boos said it all.
There were loud boos from the crowd Saturday when Aiden Gallagher crossed the finish line to become the Oregon girls 6A 200-meter state champion.
Then, when Gallagher, a sophomore from Portland's McDaniel High School, stood on the podium to receive his winner's medal, there was another round of boos.
However, cheers went up when the name of the second place runner was announced.
This was a highly unusual reaction to the results of a state sports competition, but it could be historic.
The reason Gallagher was an unpopular winner is because the sprinter is a biologically male transgender woman with a distinctly better physiology than her female competitors.
In fact, as a viral video clip of the race showed, Gallagher displayed far greater height, power and speed than the majority of other runners, making a complete mockery of any pretense of fairness or equality. .
Gallagher won the 200 meters in 23.82 seconds, one of the fastest times in state history.
For women, that is, not for men.
The runner-up was Roosevelt University sophomore Astor Jones, the younger sister of University of Oregon track and field standout Lily Jones and a rising star in women's track and field, who won the 100 meters.
She would have expected to win this 200 meter race as well, and she would have done so had it not been for the presence of a biological male.
Despite having an initial lead, Jones was blown away by the onrushing Gallagher.
It was like watching Usain Bolt compete in the women's 200m and crush reigning world champion Sherica Jackson.
He ran it in 19.19 seconds, while Jackson's fastest time was 21.41 seconds, more than two seconds slower.
It's not because Bolt is a “better” runner, it's because Bolt is bigger, stronger, and faster with male biology, which is why men and women are separated in track and field.
That's why it's so unfair for trans athletes to compete against women.
World Athletics has already concluded this and banned it, but many of the lower U.S. sports organizations have been shamefully slow to comply.
why?
Simple: State-sponsored moral despicability.
The Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) has a policy regarding transgender participation in high school sports, stating: All students…Such rules promote harmony and fair competition. ”
How many dishonest bulls there are–t.
As Gallagher's victory and the crowd's hostile reaction to it demonstrated, this absurd policy actually promotes just the opposite: disharmony and unfair competition.
Gallagher has only been competing in track and field for two months, but she's already said to be the fastest “girl” to come out of Portland, Oregon.
That's a farce.
As for the “fair and safe environment” that OSAA claims its transgender policy provides, Gallagher has required security at her hotel and athletics stadium in recent days.
There was also a security guard on the track in case of attack, further angering the crowd at the obvious unfairness of the situation.
Do you think it's safe?
One of the mothers of another female runner in the race accused Gallagher of “taking the spot away from our girls. He doesn't deserve it. They need to be with men.” I don't care if he's trans or not, you're free to have your own opinion and do what you want, but you don't have the right to take away their rights. Their emotions are also important. ”
I understand the mother's frustration, but if Aiden Gallagher wants to be called “she” then that's fine.
Trans women are entitled to be treated with respect and kindness and have the same human rights to fairness and equality that everyone else enjoys.
Preferred pronouns do not affect those rights.
But what I don't like is when transgender rights erode or destroy women's rights to fairness and equality, as is increasingly happening in women's sports.
The same goes for when anyone who dares to challenge this nonsense is intimidated into silence.
Shockingly, many parents fear that they will violate the OSAA's discrimination policy and not only disqualify their child from competing, but also be banned from participating in the event themselves. He said he was unable to speak.
“That's not fair,” she said. “Why are transgender and LGBTQ (activists) taking away so many rights from women? We've been fighting so hard for years, and here they are in the sports world. They are taking it away from us and from girls who don't deserve it.”
I have exactly the same opinion.
No one should take away Aiden Gallagher's right to compete as an athlete in America.
But not to women.
Gallagher will need to compete with other biological males or establish a new open category for trans athletes.
What happened Saturday at Hayward Field in Oregon cannot be allowed to continue to happen. Otherwise, the hopes and dreams of every young girl in sports across this country will be crushed on a trash altar of morally bankrupt virtue.
