www.dailywire.com By Amanda Prestigiacomo
The trans-identifying athlete’s win gave the school a one-point win in the overall state championship.
A transgender-identifying boy took first place in women’s pole vaulting at Maine’s Class B state championship on Monday, days after the state declared it would not enforce President Trump’s executive order banning males from female sports at public schools.
The victory by a boy in the female event helped Greely High School girls’ track and field team clinch the championship by one point. The same student, who now goes by a girl’s name, participated under a different name as a boy just years earlier, prompting outrage from a local lawmaker who wants the administration to investigate.
Maine state lawmaker Lauren Libby drew attention to the controversy on Monday, writing on Facebook, “Two years ago, [boy’s name] tied for 5th place in boys pole vault. Tonight, ‘[girl’s name]’ won 1st place in the girls’ Maine State Class B Championship.”
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Libby told The Daily Wire that the Trump administration should step in to protect the female athletes. Trump’s orders indicate that the administration would investigate schools that do not adhere to gender rules, and could possibly lose funding…
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