Transgender athlete Maelle Jacques has accumulated title after title in girls' high school track, but the New Hampshire teen's winning streak may be coming to an end.
Transgender athlete Maelle Jacques has accumulated title after title in girls’ high school track, but the New Hampshire teen’s winning streak may be coming to an end.
“There’s no question that voters are supportive of these efforts,” he told The Washington Times. “Almost every poll has shown the vast majority of Americans believe that males should not compete in female sports and that children should not be subjected to sex-change procedures. There’s also no question that action is necessary.”
On the other side is the American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire, which called the bill “a trans-exclusionary sports ban that would prohibit trans Granite Staters from participating on sports teams that align with their gender identity.”Wednesday into the statehouse in Concord and lined the halls outside the governor’s office waving LGBTQ flags and chanting “which side are you on,” as captured on video clips posted online.
About 23,300 boys and 19,400 girls competed in high school sports in New Hampshire in the 2018-19 academic year, according to Statista. The teen’s dominance in girls’ track has not gone unnoticed. After winning the indoor state high-jump championship in February, the NH Journal ran the headline, “Winner of NH Girls High Jump is Biological Male.”
At a hearing last month before the state House Education Committee, Jacques testified that “being part of the team” was the goal, not winning medals.
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