{"id":45,"date":"2025-11-16T21:56:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T21:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/american-info.org\/?p=45"},"modified":"2025-11-16T21:56:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T21:56:44","slug":"high-school-competitors-step-away-from-podium-after-trans-athlete-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/american-info.org\/?p=45","title":{"rendered":"High School Competitors Step Away From Podium After Trans Athlete Places"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are many subjects that get people talking and sometimes, they may even get them arguing. One that seems to be a hot-button topic for many is transgender\u2019s playing in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s been a lot of talk about women\u2019s sports in recent months and years, with some saying that transgenders have a part in the sport and others saying that they don\u2019t. In Oregon, it seems to be a difficult subject, especially when you take into consideration what happened at a high school sporting event.<\/p>\n

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At the Oregon State High School track and Field championship, there was more going on than winning medals and running on the field. Two girls decided to take a stand, and they did so by not taking the stand where they were directed.<\/p>\n

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Reese Eckard from Sherwood High and Alexa Anderson from Tigard High, both of whom placed highly in the event they were running made headlines. It wasn\u2019t because they could jump high or run fast, it\u2019s because of what they did after the event was over.<\/p>\n

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You can see in the footage that the two young women are standing on the ground behind the podium where the transgender competitor is standing. They were doing so in protest after the transgender from Ida B Wells High School won the high jump medal.<\/p>\n

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