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2nd-Place Runner in High School Race Rips Maine GOP Lawmaker for Attacking Trans Winner | Common Dreams (www.commondreams.org)

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Brett Wilkins May 15, 2025

[article contains some links to studies dispelling anti-trans myths]

""I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school's standards," Feldman wrote in a letter to The Portland Press Herald published Wednesday. "I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn't diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race." "

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[–] Ascrod@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You're only competing with yourself when you run. The fact that others are ahead of or behind you doesn't matter, let alone who they are or what's in their goddamn pants.