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A meeting on track for girls in Maine has become the subject of a generalized controversy after a Trans athlete dominated several race events. The incident took place while the state faces internal and federal pressures to prevent the trans sports athletes from girls and a trial on the issue of the administration of President Donald Trump.
A trans-identifying athlete that contributed to the North Yarmouth Academy in Yarmouth, Maine, won female events of 800 meters and 1600 meters. In October 2023, PK Press Club Digital reported that this athlete was transgender. PK Press Club Digital contacted the North Yarmouth Academy for comments.
The athlete made the headlines of the national newspapers in Maine dating from this month after jumping in 4th place in the 5K division in the girls’ category after previously finishing the 172nd among the boys. The athlete again made the headlines of national newspapers for participating in the Nordic skiing and taking a podium in the Nordic Skiing Ski Championships in February.
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Friday in Poland-Nya-Yarmouth-Seacoast, the athlete won the 1600 meters with a time of 5: 57.27, exploding the second runner who finished with a time of 6: 16.32. In the 800m, the Trans athlete engraved a closer first place with a time of 2: 43.31, just about a second better than the second place finisher with a time of 2: 44.87.
The local high school sports photographer David Young, owner of Maine Running Photography, was there to shoot the competition.
“He burst all the girls in this particular race [the 1600m]There was no one near him, he easily won him. “Young told PK Press Club Digital.” In the 800m, it was a difference of a second, the girl tried very hard to catch her. “”
Young added that there had been several spectators to the competition to encourage the trans athlete, but no audible protests.
“There were a few people who shouted his name, he is quite well known,” said Young.
Young said that his athlete photos in 2023 became so viral on Facebook, and prompted so many backlash that he ended up removing these photos due to the overwhelming response.
“It became too mean,” said Young.
“Not only did I get it from the people who were for the transgender, but I received him from people who were anti-transgenders. And I did not know what to do, and someone finally said:” Well, if you delete the photo, the debate will disappear. “So I deleted the photo and the debate disappeared.”
However, Young said he planned to publish his most recent photos of the athlete on his Facebook page, even after what happened the last time.
Many of the past photos of the athlete have become viral on social networks in the aftermath of the last victory of the athlete. The residents of Maine, politicians and even national experts have published media, including the athlete and caused a national debate and awareness of competition while Maine faces a continuous internal and federal conflict on the issue.
“Today, a biological man won the 800 and 1600 in the girls’ division during a Maine track meeting. Each girl who ranked 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and further in these races has been dismissed so that a boy can” win “. It is not fair.
Libby previously published a Facebook publication which identified another Trans athlete who won a pole lighting competition for girls. Libby was censored for the post by the Democratic majority of the legislature and is currently involved in a trial on the issue.
California conservative activist, Beth Bourne drew great national attention to the issue by publishing images of the competition on X.
The athletics of female activists bears the XX-LEAD ATHLETICS brand has even transformed the images of the competition into an advertisement.
One of the Maine’s female athletes who had to face the Trans athlete in Nordic skiing previously told PK Press Club Digital of the feeling of defeat that was losing to the athlete.
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“The defeat that comes with this at that time is heartbreaking,” said Carlisle. “I’m just in shock in a way. I didn’t believe it … I didn’t think it happened to me.”
The United States Ministry of Justice has announced legal action against the state of Maine for its continuous challenge of the executive order of Trump to keep biological men outside the sports of girls and women and alleged violations of title IX. Attorney General Bondi announced the trial at a press conference on April 16.
Bondi said that she was looking for an injunction and that the titles returned to the girls who “rightly” won competitions in which the Trans athletes participated.
The Ministry of Justice accused the state of “flouting openly and challenging the anti-discrimination federal law by applying policies that force girls to compete with boys in sports competitions designated exclusively for girls”, according to a complaint obtained by PK Press Club.
Meanwhile, Governor Janet Mills, the Maine Ministry of Education and the main association of Maine has firmly supported to continue to allow trans inclusion in the sports of girls through the state, citing the maine human rights law as a precedent to determine the eligibility for gender.
“I am happy to go to court and plead the questions that are raised in this court complaint,” Mills told journalists in April.
A survey on The American Parents Coalition noted that out of approximately 600 registered voters from Maine, 63% said that the participation of school sports should be based on organic sex, and 66% agreed that it was “fair to restrict the sports of women to organic women”.
The survey also revealed that 60% of residents would support a voting measure limiting participation In Sports of women and girls at Biological women. This included 64% of the self -employed and 66% of parents with children under the age of 18.
