Two transgender runners in California dropped out of the state’s preliminary track and field championship after online and in-person harassment.
Two transgender runners in California dropped out of the state’s preliminary track and field championship after a campaign of online and in-person harassment against them. The two runners—who had finished third and second place in the girls’ 1,600 meter event in separate sectional meets—didn’t appear at the starting line at the state event, thereported.
Their absence came after ruthless online attacks and harassment at their earlier meets. A spectator shouted “Trip her!” at one of the runners, while another had anti-trans protesters show up to her meet. The state’s governing body told theit is “disappointed for two of our student-athletes and their families because due to the actions of others, they found it necessary to withdraw from the event.”
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