High school sprinter Alanna Smith, 17, is getting virtually no support from Democrats in her battle to keep males with gender dysphoria out of her track events as she chases a chance to become a Lady Tiger at Louisiana State University.
The Lady Tigers have won 25 national championships in track and field, and Alanna hopes to be a part of that someday. But competing against males makes it very difficult.
Thankfully, Alanna is not involved in Mixed Martial Arts where Fallon Fox, a male, seriously injured two women he fought in MMA.
“When I didn’t have to run against biological males, I felt I had a chance,” Alanna said. “Whether I came in first or fifth place, I knew that was the spot I deserved. Now it’s dispiriting to know who is going to win.”
Alanna, who was born in Louisiana, might still run as a Lady Tiger but it would be very difficult running against men.
She is currently a junior at Danbury High School in Connecticut and took the New England crown in the 400 meters. She is also focusing on the 100- and 200-meters but if she has to run against dudes, that will be a daunting task as men have the biological advantage in general over women in sports due to muscle mass, fast-twitch versus slow-twitch muscle ratio where men excel, and overall strength.
Currently, Alanna is a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit filed in February 2020 seeking to bar males from competing with females. Her attorneys are with the Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative Christian group. They are on the front line in a fight over the interpretation of Title IX, which was originally designed to increase girls’ participation in school sports.
Under the Trump administration, the Department of Education’s office of civil rights upheld an administrative complaint filed by Alanna and others, and the Justice Department wrote a letter of interest in support of her lawsuit. Last month, with Biden apparently in office, the Department of Education overturned that ruling and the Justice Department pulled its letter hours later.
In Connecticut, the majority of Democrats in Hartford have shown little interest in taking up Alanna’s cause, her family said, and local and school officials have made it clear that they consider Alanna’s plea an unwelcome burden because they are cowards and scared crap-less to go against the woke.
Other states led by Republican governors have taken more honest and scientific approaches.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, a Republican, signed a bill into law last week that prohibits transgender women from playing on women’s athletic teams. More than two dozen other states have similar bills kicking about in their legislatures.
“I would hope Connecticut would get on board, but there are no signs of that,” Alanna said.
The Mississippi law seems certain to draw legal challenges from the American Civil Liberties Union, which is no longer protecting the civil liberties of all Americans, but only select groups.
In Connecticut, the majority of Democrats in Hartford have shown little interest in taking up Alanna’s cause, her family said, and local and school officials have made it clear that they consider Alanna’s plea an unwelcome burden because they are cowards and scared crap-less to go against the woke.
Other states led by Republican governors have taken more honest and scientific approaches.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, a Republican, signed a bill into law last week that prohibits transgender women from playing on women’s athletic teams. More than two dozen other states have similar bills kicking about in their legislatures.
“I would hope Connecticut would get on board, but there are no signs of that,” Alanna said.
The Mississippi law seems certain to draw legal challenges from the American Civil Liberties Union, which is no longer protecting the civil liberties of all Americans, but only select groups.
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