At the Sherwood Need for Speed Classic in Sherwood, Oregon, a transgender athlete, Aayden Gallagher, set a new record in the Girls 200m Varsity event by beating his female competitors by nearly 7 seconds. Gallagher, a male who identifies as a female, significantly outperformed the competition, leading to considerable controversy regarding transgender participation in women's sports. Despite the record-setting performance, Gallagher finished second overall in the event.
Oregon high school transgender runner blows past biologically female competition! https://t.co/X0509Q7yfR
A transgender athlete, Aayden Gallagher, from McDaniel High School, smoked female competitors at the Sherwood Need For Speed Invitational on Saturday. Gallagher’s time would have placed 61st in the boys’ 200-meter race at the same meet. https://t.co/PvHyTn0kuq
A transgender track and field competitor in Oregon sparked outrage online after posting a dominant time in a high school competition. https://t.co/DU0TIJH6mk
‘Trans’ High School Athlete Dominates Women’s Track and Field Competition https://t.co/bw7ayAOS5R
Trans runner sparks outrage as she zips past female athletes and leaves them in the lurch at high school competition https://t.co/vX6EZJPOq9 https://t.co/0XWcOYMXLK
Aayden Gallagher, a boy who "identifies" as a girl, set a new record in the girls 200m in Oregon after easily defeating his biologically female competitors. https://t.co/4xNnaCv9Sz
Trans higher schooler places second in 200m girls varsity track in Oregon https://t.co/WksFSYmduU https://t.co/WksFSYmduU
Oregon high school transgender track athlete competes against girls at event, sparking outrage on social media https://t.co/3S3OzSSayf
A male runner took 2nd place in both the girls' 200-meter and 400-meter at an Oregon high school track meet on Saturday. The student would have come in 61st and 46th, respectively, in the boys' events. MORE: https://t.co/IivABP5C60 https://t.co/qSfmbBL50y
Respectfully, there have been 32 trans athletes who have competed at the NCAA level, ever. Most have been trans men. None in women’s basketball. 1 in WNBA history. Meanwhile, under-funding, under-resourcing, under-promoting, under-marketing, and utter disregard for women’s… https://t.co/eHuSAOKui9
WE NEED MORE TRANS WOMEN IN WOMENS SPORTS!
Trans runner demolishes female competitors in her 200m heat at high school competition (... but still finishes in 2nd place overall) https://t.co/Sc9D5eMqVA https://t.co/mCPYhwkZJT
A male just dominated the Girls 200m Varsity at the Sherwood Need for Speed Classic in Sherwood, Oregon. There’s no physical advantage that trans athletes have over their competition. That’s a myth, trust the science. Just because Aayden Gallagher beat everyone by nearly 7… https://t.co/LdlmxtZWJ9
A transgender dominates the Girls 200m Varsity race at the Sherwood Need for Speed Classic in Sherwood, Oregon. WATCH https://t.co/xPtSBkLaOj
A trans-identified male Destroyed His competition On the Girls 200m Varsity at the Sherwood Need for Speed Classic in Sherwood, Oregon. Aayden Gallagher, a boy who "identifies" as a girl, set a new record after easily defeating his female competitors. https://t.co/rR2lXjd8lU
WATCH: Transgender Athlete's Performance Stirs Controversy in Oregon High School Track Competition https://t.co/E8hEV1YwiH
🇺🇸 Transgender wins 200 meter women’s sprint by a huge lead. Sherwood Need for speed in Oregon has a new champion. It was funny for a while, but at this point it’s just insane. https://t.co/PhJhwYKUaE
Trans-identified male beats out girls in the 200m at the Sherwood Need for Speed Classic in Oregon. https://t.co/XEyLiebpcq
🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 🚨 A trans-identified male just dominated the Girls 200m Varsity at the Sherwood Need for Speed Classic in Sherwood, Oregon. Aayden Gallagher, a boy who "identifies" as a girl, set a new record after easily defeating his female competitors. https://t.co/CWhVFeRXBP
My daughter is competing at a HS track meet in Sherwood, Oregon. She texted me that a trans person just broke the meet record… meaning a BOY broke a GIRL record- he beat the girls by 2 seconds, and it will go on record as the new record…@Riley_Gaines_ @libsoftiktok https://t.co/53OCZssQL9
"Trans women" are men with gender dysphoria. That's a real condition. We should not abuse citizens with it (or, I suppose, anyone else). But, these conversations a la "When can girls like ME play women's varsity ball?!" are beyond absurd, and everyone at some level knows this.