Utah parents had school investigate if girl was trans after she beat their daughters in competition (KUTV, Salt Lake City, August 18, 2022)

The parents of second- and third-place finishing daughters made a complaint to the state organisation overseeing girls’ sports. The group would not identify the school or sport in question to preserve the girl’s identity.

The school went all the way back to kindergarten school records to verify she is a “biological girl.”

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (TND) — After their daughters were defeated at a state competition in Utah, parents reportedly asked for the winning athlete’s gender to be investigated, believing she may be transgender.

Then, apparently prompted by the complaint lodged by those parents, the Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA) investigated the winning student, according to Deseret News.

The parents who filed the complaint with UHSAA were reportedly the parents of the two athletes who came in second and third place in the state competition.

UHSAA asked the school to help provide information about the winning athlete, which they did, a legislative representative for UHSAA reportedly said.

“The school went back to kindergarten and she’d always been a female,” David Spatafore, the UHSAA’s legislative representative told the Utah Legislature’s Education Interim Committee on Wednesday.

The school dug into the winning student’s records dating back to kindergarten to confirm that she was, indeed, female at a very young age.

If someone has been a female since kindergarten, it’s very unlikely they ever transitioned genders,” Spatafore indicated.

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