At a California high school track and field competition, a transgender runner prevented a biological female runner from going to the state championships. Transgender biological male Athena Ryan, who finished second, displaced biological female Adeline Johnson, who finished fourth.
In footage of the award ceremony, an upset Johnson gives a thumbs-down sign before taking her place on the podium.
As the award ceremony occurred, protesters were being ordered to leave the stadium. They were there to protest against the displacement of biological females from sports, and were holding signs and banners reading “Protect Female Sports.”
A security guard said the protesters had to get out of the stadium because signs and banners weren’t allowed. But off-camera, a woman pointed out to him that many people other than the protesters were holding up signs inside the stadium, without being told to leave.
Trans-identifying male, Athena Ryan (Jr) took 2nd today in the “Girls 1600m” at a CA State Championship qualifier meet in Dublin, CA.
Ryan beamed while 4th place senior, Adeline Johnson gave a thumb down after losing the chance to advance to the State Championships by 1 spot. pic.twitter.com/iY2InxvhJt
— ICONS (@icons_women) May 21, 2023
Ryan, still a junior, blew by female seniors in the field signed to run at NCAA Division 1 schools this coming fall. pic.twitter.com/wFmkImkq6T
— ICONS (@icons_women) May 21, 2023
Video of security removing us for having a banner that read “Protect Female Sports.” You can hear in the video how spectators were unaware a boy had just stolen a spot from a girl at the state championship.@SF_TERF_CENTRAL @XxtraEstroGenny @icons_women #SaveWomensSports pic.twitter.com/lRC1UjdhdJ
— WomenAreReal (@WomenAreReals) May 21, 2023
One woman spectator was outraged by the protesters’ signs saying “That is disgusting … I find that f***in’ offensive. It shouldn’t even f***ing matter. It’s none of your business what someone else does. You have f***ing issues. I feel f***ing sorry for all your sorry asses.”
One women found our “Protect Female Sports” banner disgusting and offensive. Note the secretive thank you’s and a high-five by a female athlete at the end. @SF_TERF_CENTRAL @XxtraEstroGenny @icons_women #SaveWomensSports pic.twitter.com/4SHwXYxJI6
— WomenAreReal (@WomenAreReals) May 21, 2023
If the biologically male transgender runner had been running against boys, rather than girls, the trans runner would not have gotten an award or medal, and would have placed dead last.
Trans runner Ryan’s second-place time of 4:55.91 in the girls’ 1,600 meters was much slower than any of the male runners’ times. It was well below all 29 of the boys’ finishers. The last place boy had a time of 4:46.54 in the preliminaries, 9 minutes faster than the biologically male transgender runner.
