After being jeered for winning a track and field title for the second year in a row, a 17-year-old transgender athlete sent a strong message to her detractors.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, May 31, Ver\u00f3nica Garcia won the class 2A 400-meter sprint at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma, Washington, which is about a 45-minute drive from Seattle.<\/p>\n
A man wearing a shirt that said \u2018Save women\u2019s sports\u2019 with the American flag written on it was seen yelling at the East Valley High School girl as she was stretching off before the event began.<\/p>\n
The individual in issue was seated near the starting blocks and was heard repeatedly yelling \u201cgirls race\u201d and \u201clet\u2019s go girls,\u201d according to the Seattle Times.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After being jeered for winning a track and field title for the second year in a row, a 17-year-old transgender athlete sent a strong message to her detractors. On Saturday, May 31, Ver\u00f3nica Garcia won the class 2A 400-meter sprint at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma, Washington, which is about a 45-minute drive from…<\/p>\n