Seymour Flops
Diamond Member
Briefly: "Athena" Ryan, whose real name is Lawrence Ryan, after not being good enough to make the male track team, decided to identify as female and run on the girls track team. By coming in second place at a qualifying meet, he "earned" the chance to go to a state meet.
Then he decided not to go. It's unclear what reasons he gave, if any. The organization blames "harrassment," without giving any specifics. At 2:15, in the video a heckler is heard to yell, "Tuck in Lawrence, Tuck in. You'll be disqualified." Girls track uniforms are starting to resemble bikinis or underwear and may soon be thongs. But Lawrence wears loose gym shorts, since he's a guy.
Anyway, point being, if these boys want to be girls, they are going to have to be way tougher than that. Being a girl/woman isn't an easy row to hoe. I get that these guys, like "Leah" Thomas, are probably only "girls" at their events and practice. If nobody told them that their would be anger when they stole championship slots and scholarships for females, they were done a disservice.
Or maybe the dudes had some remorse. If so, too bad for the girl Lawrence pushed into fourth place. She didn't qualify, and the fact that he dropped out doesn't mean she gets to go.