Middle school parents were left in ‘shock’ and disbelief after a transgender athlete was reportedly allowed to ‘crush’ their female rivals at a track meet.
It’s alleged that the transgender pupil won three events while competing against seventh-grade girls during the Naperville School District 203 meet. The beaten kids were said to be ‘distraught’ and ‘devastated’ and the controversy prompted fury among families.
‘I was actually shocked. At first, I couldn’t believe it,’ Marie Davis told KBCD. ‘I started talking to other parents, and it’s like, is this really happening?’
Doug Krein added: ‘It’s pretty upsetting to see your kid distraught out there trying to do her best and doesn’t really have a shot.’
Krein’s 12-year-old daughter would have won a 200m medal if not for the transgender athlete. He told Fox News: ‘My job as a parent is to advocate for my daughter and protect her. And the hardest thing is trying to tell her why she lost to a boy in seventh grade… it’s like they’re trying to erase women’s sports. Erase women.’
It comes amid President Trump’s attempts to ban transgender athletes from female events.
A transgender athlete reportedly dominated their female rivals at a track meet in Illinois
Donald Trump has signed an executive order entitled ‘Keeping Men out of Women’s Sports’
After returning to the White House, the president signed an executive order entitled ‘Keeping Men out of Women’s Sports’.
His administration has been at war with the state of Maine over its alleged failure to comply with his stance and now Naperville School District 203 is under attack.
Social advocacy group Awake Illinois has reportedly filed a US Department of Education civil rights complaint, accusing the district of violating Title IX, which ‘prohibits sex-based discrimination in education programs and activities.’
Frustrations came to the boil at a fiery school board meeting on Monday night. It’s said so many people turned up that organizers had to set up an overflow room.
Many people held up transgender flags and signs which carried messages such as ‘the future is inclusive’.
‘This is not about politics. This is about people. This is about a child,’ one speaker said. But others urged the district to ‘support common sense’ and ‘stop exploiting kids.’
‘No girl should be denied participating in a conference championship because a genetic boy is taking that spot,’ another parent argued.
In a statement to KCBD, the school district refused to discuss to track meet. ‘In accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and district policy, we cannot and will not share personal or identifiable information about any student,’ it said.
