Oregon track star wages legal battle against trans athlete policy after medal ceremony protest

An Oregon precocious schoolhouse way prima is speaking retired aft refusing to basal connected the podium with a transgender athlete, saying her protestation was astir fairness – not hate. 

"I conscionable didn't deliberation that it's just to biologic females to let and promote biologic males to vie among us, not lone for myself and the different miss that stepped down, but the miss who should person been connected the podium and the miss who didn't adjacent get to spell to authorities due to the fact that she was beaten by a biologic antheral astatine districts," jock Alexa Anderson said connected "Fox & Friends."

"It is not astir hatred oregon transphobia astatine all. It's astir protecting women's rights and their close to just and adjacent contention wrong sports."

OREGON GIRL ALLEGES TRACK MEET OFFICIAL ORDERED HER TO 'GET OUT OF THE PHOTO' AFTER PROTESTING TRANS ATHLETE

Oregon girls' way and tract athletes Reese Eckard and Alexa Anderson don't basal connected a medal podium adjacent to a trans opponent. (Courtesy of America First Policy Institute)

Anderson and different jock named Reese Eckard, who finished successful 3rd and 4th spot successful the Oregon State Athletic Association’s Girls High Jump finale, respectively, stood down the podium during the ceremonial due to the fact that they refused to basal adjacent to the transgender student, Liaa Rose, who placed fifth, according to the New York Post.

An authoritative down the lawsuit allegedly told those protesting to "step aside" and "get out" of the photos.

"I was precise shocked and benignant of stressed with each the eyes and attraction connected us, truthful I complied with what helium said, but I americium a small spot frustrated that radical were aggravated with america alternatively than supportive of our movement," Anderson continued.

During the "Fox & Friends" appearance, Anderson's lawyer Jessica Steinmann spelled retired the ineligible enactment presently successful motion, sharing that America First Policy Institute filed a ailment with the U.S. Department of Education to petition that they analyse the Oregon Department of Education. 

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"The instrumentality that was meant to support our girls, Title IX, is present being weaponized against them. On apical of that, they are present being sidelined and there's wide First Amendment issues arsenic well," she shared.

Steinmann said pistillate athletes contiguous are losing medal access, scholarships and economical opportunities to biologic males allegedly stealing their thunder.

The incidental came connected the heels of a contention in neighboring California, wherever trans jock AB Hernandez won 2 authorities titles against pistillate competitors.

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