This year, transgender cross country runner Soren Stark-Chessa has climbed up the state rankings in the girls’ division after previously competing in the boys’ division before her transition last year. And one physician, who is also a father of two athletes, is not happy about it.
When competing as a boy last year, Stark-Chessa ranked No. 172 in the state. But competing in the girls division this year, Stark-Chessa ranks No. 4. And one physician, who is also the father of two cross-country athletes in the state, does not think it’s fair that she is allowed to compete.
“If a boy competing in a sporting event were found to be using performance-enhancing drugs, he would be disqualified due to the presumption of unfair competitive advantage,” the physician told The Daily Mail. “If instead, that same boy chose to compete as a girl, he would not only not be disqualified due to his enormous presumptive competitive advantage, he would be lauded, feted and applauded.”
The physician does not think that allowing transgender athletes to compete according to their gender identity is helpful to anyone.
“For the boys, it would be tragic, for it teaches them things that simply do not apply outside of the very narrow time and place in which we currently reside,” the physician said. “For the girls, it is the grossest of injustices in every conceivable way, because it forces them to participate in, and to some extent accept, something which is manifestly false. They must, like it or not, participate in the lie.”
It’s a pretty strong stance on the issue.
