The father of a female member of a California high school ski team is incredulous that this yearâs state womenâs slalom championship was won by a male.
In an exclusive interview with the U.K. Daily Mail, the anonymous father lashed out at officials and lawmakers who have allowed male athletes who âidentifyâ as women to compete on girlsâ Sports teams.
Itâs been going on for several years on other High school sports teams, but it only became a reality for Californiaâs Davis Senior High School ski team this season, when a transgender sophomore who goes by the name of June Watterson won the womenâs slalom race in the California-Nevada Interscholastic Ski & Snowboard Federation on March 6.
âItâs one thing to read about these things happening in other places and quite another to witness it first-hand,â the father told the Daily Mail.
âThis injustice to young women cannot continue anywhere, especially not on my doorstep.â
The man chose to be interviewed anonymously to protect his daughterâs privacy and avoid the ârelentless backlashâ that others have encountered who have spoken out against males competing in womenâs sports.
ââIâll point out the obvious,â he said. âYou ruin womenâs Sports by allowing males to compete in womenâs Sports.â
ââHormones and drugs are just introducing drugs into sport. Itâs not fair on the girls,â he continued.
âItâs pretty clear to me or anyone with a brain that if you are going through or have gone through male puberty then you should only race against people who have gone through or are going through male puberty,â the father said.
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âNo amount of hormone therapy or re/deconstructive surgery will change the biological muscular and skeletal differences between those born with XX and those born with XY chromosomes,â he added.
âItâs going to get to a point where the top ten are all men.â
As recently as last year, Watterson competed on the boysâ ski team, the Davis Enterprise reported.
In fact, the Daily Mail reported, Watterson was still competing in the menâs division of cycling competitions this year, while competing as a female on the ski team.
Since 2013, the California Interscholastic Federation has been following âGender Identity Participationâ rules, which allow any Transgender student to compete in Sports and activities âconsistent with their gender identity.â
Young people have been âbrainwashedâ into accepting the situation, the female athleteâs dad told the Daily Mail, adding, âI donât blame the winning athlete.â
âThis is a failure at the administrative level and higher,â he said.
âI canât believe this has become an issue, the House of Reps introduced the bill to protect womenâs sports but not a single democrat voted for it and it astounds me that this has become a partisan issue. We just need common sense.â
âThe solution is obvious, have an open class in every sport so it doesnât matter. Hopefully we can get there.â
Former 12-time NCAA All-American swimmer Riley Gaines, who has often been a lone voice crying foul against men competing in womenâs Sports, called attention last week to Californiaâs high school preliminary track finals last week, where at least two Transgender runners were expected to compete against girls.
âOrganized groups and protesters showed up to the track event to express their opposition,â Fox News reported. âAt least one of the protesters was eventually removed from the premises after they began yelling.â
When the two runners failed to show up for the meet, Gaines noted their absence in a Twitter post and speculated on the reason.
âBoth boys (Athena Ryan and Lorelei Barrett) who qualified for the girlsâ high school track and field state championship in California didnât ⌠compete in prelims today,â she tweeted.
âDid they realize they clearly possess an unfair advantage? Or is that too optimistic?â
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
