Female High School Track Star Says Competing against Trans Athletes Is 'Devastating'

Tré Goins-Phillips : May 26, 2021
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"...It tells me that I'm not good enough; that my body isn't good enough; and that no matter how hard I work, I am unlikely to succeed, because I'm a woman" -Chelsea Mitchell

[Faithwire.com] For former Connecticut track star Chelsea Mitchell, competing against transgender athletes—biological males—was "devastating." (Image: Pixabay)

Mitchell opened up about her past experience in an editorial published Sunday in USA Today. She explained why she and three other athletes filed a lawsuit last year against the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference over the state's decision to allow transgender athletes to compete on the teams that correlate with their determined sex and gender identity.

She expressed how crushing it was to lose "four women's state championship titles, two all-New England awards, and numerous other spots on the podium to male runners."

"That's a devastating experience," Mitchell wrote of competing against biological males. "It tells me that I'm not good enough; that my body isn't good enough; and that no matter how hard I work, I am unlikely to succeed, because I'm a woman"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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