I was pointed towards an article on WZ about a mentally ill boy who thinks he’s a girl and is running on the track team. (Thank you Mel.)
He’s winning all the events. The girls do not have a chance.
His mother’s statement is preposterous:
WT – The student’s mother, Ngozi Nnaji, said critics should stop focusing on her child’s biology while watching races or reading about the results.
I know they’ll say it is unfair and not right, but my counter to that is: Why not?” Ms. Nnaji told the newspaper.
“Why not?”
That’s it. That is the counter argument. That’s the impressive, well thought out reasoning that we should be bowing to.
Today the Hartford Courant published an editorial about the issue. It needs to be fisked.
Humanity At Cromwell High
It’s moments like these that define a school district, a community and a state.
Absolutely.
They make Cromwell and Connecticut places to be proud of.
Uh huh.
Ask the majority of the people, not the bureauweenies who are politically aligned with you.
Others states would have thrown obstacles in her path. Texas, for one, would have forced Andraya to run as a male,
Because “Andraya” is a male.
because that’s the gender designated on her birth certificate.
Science.
So would Alabama and North Carolina, among others.
Places to be proud of.
But Connecticut has been a leader in outlawing such discrimination. A 2011 state law made clear that transgender rights are civil rights.
Your state is insane.
The Real Question
Andraya is brave to pioneer the path for other transgender students and athletes.
Brave? It’s brave to ruin the hopes and dreams of real biological females by blowing by them with your penis and mustache?
By being open about who she is, “what she won’t be is suicidal,” says her mother, Ngozi Nnaji. “She won’t be an addict. She won’t be dependent on other ways to make her feel good.”
So this is anti-suicide therapy at the expense of all others? He’s not being dependent on others to make him feel good? Are you kidding?
It’s well known that transgender youths who are rejected by their families and communities show high rates of suicide attempts and substance abuse.
So pretend we all agree that they are women.
It should also come as no surprise that transgender students are often subjected to bullying and homophobia.
I’m subjected to bullying for not going along with this delusion. Where’s my need to not be made to feel uncomfortable? I’m living in a world upside down.
But students of all sexual orientations who are in a positive school climate free of homophobic teasing report the lowest levels of depression, suicidal feelings, and alcohol and drug abuse, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control. An open and welcoming environment is good for all students — not just those in need of protection.
I can make statistics do whatever I want them to do.
Andraya is also courageous to endure the criticisms of those who would say she has an unfair biological advantage in physical strength and muscle mass.
He does have an unfair advantage. All cheaters do. Are all cheaters courageous to endure the criticisms? Was Roger Clemens “courageous” while he endured the criticism that he was using illegal steroids?
She is indeed fast. Her time in Wednesday’s race (11.99 in the 100) was a hundredth of a second behind last year’s State Open winner. She stands to be among the fastest female sprinters in Connecticut by the end of this spring, assuming she continues to improve, which, as a freshman, she’s almost certain to.
Stop saying “she and female.” Also, why is this dude a freshman at 15? That’s 2 unfair advantages.
Some would argue there’s an inequity here rooted in biology, that it’s unfair to other female runners.
And “some” would be correct.
But athletes are never created equal, and the real question is what is more important — who wins a race or what kind of society we want to be?
Said the non-athlete who is using sports to further a political agenda.
Cromwell answered that test question correctly.
Nope. They didn’t. Who wins the race fairly is important.
Those who would argue it is unfair for Andraya to run on the girls’ team should step back and think about the broader implications of that position.
In other words, search hard to betray your common sense and be absorbed by asinine leftist dogma.
Are we willing to be open and supportive only when it means our own child might come in first instead of second?
This makes little sense. It is the mother of this boy who is happy about her mustachioed freshman 15 year-old whose sack of nuts swing in his shorts as he smashes female records.
Is that what the concept of sportsmanship is supposed to be about?
Sportsmanship is about competing fairly, not manipulating a new ridiculous social paradigm.
Wrestling With Inclusiveness
It’s also been suggested that Cromwell’s approach opens the door to trans female athletes running on women’s teams to gain an advantage, or that it undermines the idea of having separate teams for boys and girls.
It does.
Does anyone believe a young man would pretend to be a young woman, and open herself up to insults and scrutiny, just to win a race?
Yes. When asked why they do porn, many young women say it’s to “bolster their esteem.”
Such a suggestion trivializes the courage it takes to come out.
No, it suggests there is mental illness that is being patronized.
Society has always wrestled with inclusiveness, particularly in schools. Forty years ago, students with different abilities were automatically separated until parents began questioning that segregation. Even today, three decades after the landmark Sheff v. O’Neill desegregation ruling, the Hartford region struggles to integrate its schools.
STOP WITH THE COMPARISONS TO RACE.
But it’s the job of schools to teach inclusiveness, not just math and English, and to practice what they teach. If they’re doing their jobs right, they are coaching students on what’s important in life.
Cromwell High is doing its job right.
I’ll let the readers have the last word.
In a world where it’s becoming easier to demonize those we can’t relate to, Cromwell is teaching its students a powerful lesson in acceptance. Its high school is embracing freshman Andraya Yearwood as a transgender female, welcoming her onto the girls track team and cheering the 15-year-old on by her chosen name.
It’s moments like these that define a school district, a community and a state. They make Cromwell and Connecticut places to be proud of.
The entire school district deserves praise for its humane support of Andraya since her transition in middle school. So do the Portland and Old Saybrook school districts. When told she would be competing against their female athletes at Wednesday’s track meet, the schools were just fine with that.
Others states would have thrown obstacles in her path. Texas, for one, would have forced Andraya to run as a male, because that’s the gender designated on her birth certificate. So would Alabama and North Carolina, among others.
But Connecticut has been a leader in outlawing such discrimination. A 2011 state law made clear that transgender rights are civil rights.
The Real Question
Andraya is brave to pioneer the path for other transgender students and athletes. By being open about who she is, “what she won’t be is suicidal,” says her mother, Ngozi Nnaji. “She won’t be an addict. She won’t be dependent on other ways to make her feel good.”
It’s well known that transgender youths who are rejected by their families and communities show high rates of suicide attempts and substance abuse. It should also come as no surprise that transgender students are often subjected to bullying and homophobia.
But students of all sexual orientations who are in a positive school climate free of homophobic teasing report the lowest levels of depression, suicidal feelings, and alcohol and drug abuse, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control. An open and welcoming environment is good for all students — not just those in need of protection.
Andraya is also courageous to endure the criticisms of those who would say she has an unfair biological advantage in physical strength and muscle mass. She is indeed fast. Her time in Wednesday’s race (11.99 in the 100) was a hundredth of a second behind last year’s State Open winner. She stands to be among the fastest female sprinters in Connecticut by the end of this spring, assuming she continues to improve, which, as a freshman, she’s almost certain to.
Some would argue there’s an inequity here rooted in biology, that it’s unfair to other female runners. But athletes are never created equal, and the real question is what is more important — who wins a race or what kind of society we want to be? Cromwell answered that test question correctly. Those who would argue it is unfair for Andraya to run on the girls’ team should step back and think about the broader implications of that position. Are we willing to be open and supportive only when it means our own child might come in first instead of second? Is that what the concept of sportsmanship is supposed to be about?
Wrestling With Inclusiveness
It’s also been suggested that Cromwell’s approach opens the door to trans female athletes running on women’s teams to gain an advantage, or that it undermines the idea of having separate teams for boys and girls. Does anyone believe a young man would pretend to be a young woman, and open herself up to insults and scrutiny, just to win a race? Such a suggestion trivializes the courage it takes to come out.
Society has always wrestled with inclusiveness, particularly in schools. Forty years ago, students with different abilities were automatically separated until parents began questioning that segregation. Even today, three decades after the landmark Sheff v. O’Neill desegregation ruling, the Hartford region struggles to integrate its schools.
But it’s the job of schools to teach inclusiveness, not just math and English, and to practice what they teach. If they’re doing their jobs right, they are coaching students on what’s important in life.
Cromwell High is doing its job right.
It would be interesting to hear the other point of view from from parents and young ladies from that school district.
I’m living in up-side down world.
First of all the answer to “Why Not?” is “BECAUSE”. That said, I think high school boys everywhere should declare themselves to be transgender, join women’s sports teams, and become stars in women’s sports. Maybe the women will finally get the hint that this is all a bunch of bullshit.
This should throw Title IX on its ear. Schools have to offer comparative women’s sports programs, but now these programs are open to men as well as women under some interpretations of Title VII’s anti-discrimination rules. So we must have women’s programs which are not necessarily just for women, but due to basic physiology will be dominated by men.
I can see some institution like Pissant University fielding a “womens'” basketball team comprised of males who are willing to wear skirts and high heels before and after the game. Which just proves, once again, some wag’s observation when Kaitlyn Jenner was named Woman Of the Year that the best candidate for the award was a man.
Wait until women wanting to play on UConn’s basketball team lose their chance at a scholarship and basketball glory because of this individual, just so CT liberals can feel good about their inclusiveness to the exclusion of others more deserving.
You made up the rules. I pointed out that “Heads I win, tails you lose. Are you sure that’s what you want to play?” Enraged, you pulled a gun on me, and insisted I “Ante up!” Who am I to argue?
In the article, the coach he is allowed to be on the girl’s team. He said he didn’t want to “have issues or a conversation.” THE SCIENCE IS SETTLED!
That’s OK, the Olympics is changing it’s rules to allow transgenders to compete. So little girls (real ones) should give up their gold medal dreams.
Yesterday I was riding my super motard near a park and I saw some grade school kids playing basketball. One of the kids threw his hands up and motioned for a wheelie, I obliged by clutching up in 3rd and put the bike into a 12 o’clock all the while wagging my left arm.
The kids went nuts, so I stopped and talked with them, they were all about 10-11 years old. I asked them if they wanted to shoot some hoops and in short order I was tripping the little bastards and stuffing the ball in the hoop. They didn’t have a chance seeing as how I’m at least 2ft taller than any one of them, I blocked all their shots and ruled the court!
Then some lady came up bitching about something, I was too busy stuffing shot after shot while knocking the little fuckers over as I charged the hoop. When my shoe came untied I finally heard what she had to say. She was going on and on about how these kids were 40 years younger than me and how the one kid was crying about me dominating the ball and court. Supposedly he was autistic or some shit and had peanut allergies, she said she was going to call the cops, she didn’t like how I was treating the kids.
I stopped dribbling, looked her square in the eye and said; “Why not?”
She looked a little surprised at first, then she repeated, “why not?” and left.
So I continued whipping these kids on the court until about beer time, then I hopped on my motard and wheelied all the way home.
It was a great day to be me!
He can steal wins in all the races he’s allowed to. Won’t change the poor statistical probabilities for his future (not linking to the HuffBlow original):
http://www.christianheadlines.com/columnists/breakpoint/the-silent-suffering-of-gay-men-an-unspoken-epidemic.html
Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode (everything reminds of a Seinfeld episode) when Kramer was beating up little kids in his karate class.
This is easy to solve.
Make him wear weights to compete that will neutralize the advantage of his ‘errant biological assignment’ given him in the form of male skeletal and muscular advantages.
“Make him wear weights to compete that will neutralize the advantage of his ‘errant biological assignment’ given him in the form of male skeletal and muscular advantages.”
Rename him Harrison Bergeron.
The mother is just daring someone to say the wrong thing so she can sue somebody.
If he insists on running like a girl, hack off his manhood with a saw.
@pHenry,
it reminds you of Seinfeld because we’re in Bizarro World
Try asking the parents of the girls that worked for quite a long time to get on the team only to be overshadowed by this boy and denied a chance to compete. Try asking the girls themselves when they’re get referred to as the girls from “that school” when they’re at an inter school track meet. Try asking the girl that came in a distant second when she has to share to podium with a man. Look in the record books and all the races won by him have an asterisk beside them. Try asking him when he tries for a scholarship and is rejected by every university even though he was the outstanding athlete in the girls athletic league. Try asking his mother after he starts spiraling down mentally after the age of 30 which happens to almost all transgenders, a spiral which all too often leads to drug abuse and suicide. All for the want of some interventional help that this young man clearly needs right now. His Mother will shoulder much of the blame for what will happen to him later as will the school and legislature for encouraging these delusions.
Andrea is a girl’s name.
I’m not quite sure what Andraya is.
I coach high school track. This disgusts me and there is no way any other coach does not feel exactly the same way, they are just afraid to say it. The kids at the top, boys and girls work hard to be the best. His 100 time is not even close in allowing him to qualify and compete at state finals meet in the boys track yet would set a record at state for girls. This goes way further than hormones. There are nine biological advantages men have over woman in this type of athletic event.
As far as what high school sports are supposed to encourage, teamwork is only one of them. There are no participation trophies for track. The beauty of track and field in the athletic world is there is no grey area. You are measured in every event so there is no bias that comes into judging the best. There will be one girl that does not get the honour of competing at the state meet and one who will not get the glory of competing in the finals and winning a state medal. Yes, this destroys the intent of title IX.
His momma don care, so long as she gets herself on teevee for raisin a sun that’s Little Richard fabulous!
He says he “knew” in first grade or kindergarten.
So who sodomized him? Stepdad? Mom’s live in boyfriend?
“I’m not quite sure what Andraya is.”
It actually fits in this case.
Androgynous: having both male and [affected] female characteristics.
So, Andraya. Yeah, okay.
Ah, 15, it’s an awkward age.
Two things: First, if he really “believes” he’s a girl, then he needs to have his junk surgically removed and start undergoing hormone treatments. Let the nut-cutting begin so we can separate the fakers who can’t win any other way from the truly mentally disturbed. Second, I really believe there’s an element involved with some of these freaks not being able to beat people of their own gender so hop the fence to get better odds. Why not? Society will bend over backwards to protect and support them, and any naysayers can be summarily dismissed with accusations of transphobia.
I think women will always rule the uneven bars in gymnastics. I don’t care how psychotic a man is, there is no way he is going to slam his pelvis into a 2″ diameter bar going 30 MPH.
@grool
exactly.
this is a 15 year old male who was initiated into the queer club by an adult.
androyo is a homosexual in drag.
Aw, hell…he just wants to see nekkid girls in the shower room
I don’t give a shit what gender HE identifies with. If HE had a dick, HE’S a GUY!
What mother in their right mind would support this BS? IMHO, she’s also mentally ill and both need some serious psychiatric care!
Which Milli Vanilli fake singer is that fake female?
@JMV – and if he has his dick cut off, he’s an IT.
Mr. Hat I think we need to start calling the crazies who have not had their bodies altered to the sex they claim to be called by their the proper names, they are either transvestites if they are playing dress up, or if they have had their bodies changed, transsexual. They are not transgender that is another made up word by the left.
“what she won’t be is suicidal … won’t be an addict”
Where can I go to get some action betting on this?
who is more insane? this tard who says he’s a girl or the idiots who go along with it?
well lets combine all men’s and womens sports and sports teams since gender is so fluid.
did this idiot take home ec in school?
can he make a sammich?
The Hartford Courant must be written by eighth graders. That is their level of reasoning. NOTE: Andraya is not “female” but “transgendered”. Female is a biological condition determined by DNA. Transgendered is a feeling, a belief, or in some cases a ploy. It may be “deeply held” but it does not change biology.
Yes, but can he/she bake cookies?
what the heck is wrong with parents today? What happened to- get yourself outside and play cowboys-Indians, not with a Barbie doll. You were born a boy and by God you will be a boy… But I guess it goes way back-didn’t Hemmingway’s mother cloth him in a dress most of his young age? stupid people raise confused children.
@ Geoff C. The Saltine, thank you for reiterating that point. Ceding the language in an effort to signal compassion or some other kumbaya notion is usually the first un-noticed lost skirmish.
Transsexual
Transvestite
Homosexual
Lesbian
These are a few of the ways I take the language back in my small world.
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, this is happening in all kinds of sports competitions all over the world–amateur to pro. You liberals are going to have to figure something out right soon because it’s going to go from a drizzle to a monsoon (hey, that rhymes). Then “they or the its” are going to have ALL the trophies! Hahahaahahaha
There’s a reason why people are flocking FROM Connecticut and TO Texas and not the other way around. Next up: The Hartford Courant editorializes about why YOU are narrow minded if you oppose 50 year old men in dresses entering the women’s room with your 9 year old daughter.
That bacla will be a statistic before it’s 25,
if it even lives that long outside of it’s
mother’s care.