The section re 10 track titles (in the state) previously being held by 10 separate female athletes, over the last 20 years, now being broken and held by 1 single trans male athlete underlines why trans men in women’s sport is wrong.
I agree, IdaDown.
I hope this action doesn't cause them any harm
Unfortunately Selina reports that she is already facing retaliation by coaches for speaking out. The other complainants are remaining anonymous because they fear similar retaliation (or worse).
From the complaint:
On an ongoing basis, Selina fears retaliation. As she has explained, “Everyone is afraid of retaliation from the media, from the kids around their school, from other athletes, coaches, schools, administrators . . . They don’t want to drag attention to themselves, and they don’t want to be seen as a target for potential bullying and threats.”
52. Another female Connecticut high school athlete who was too afraid of retaliation to let her name be used expressed the same fear: “There’s really nothing else you can do except get super frustrated and roll your eyes, because it’s really hard to even come out and talk in public just because . . . just immediately you’ll just be shut down.”
53. Unfortunately, Selina perceives that since her parents complained of sex discrimination to school officials, Selina has experienced actual retaliation, as her track coach has forced her to perform workouts that are not generally applied for short-distance sprinters, and has forbidden her from competing in any high school track and field event unless she completes them. The coach has never imposed that kind of condition on Selina before. Worse, a coach told Selina and her father that if a college recruiter asked him about Selina, “he would not be able to give a good report about her.”
Full text (PDF) here:
www.adfmedia.org/files/SouleComplaintOCR.pdf