{"id":686333,"date":"2026-10-14T17:30:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T17:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=686333"},"modified":"2026-10-14T17:30:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T17:30:38","slug":"washington-girls-walk-out-of-cross-country-meet-over-transgender-athlete-parents-explain-why-they-took-a-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=686333","title":{"rendered":"Washington girls walk out of cross-country meet over transgender athlete \u2014 parents explain why they took a stand"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Tuesday, Washington students took a stand after being told a biologically male athlete would be competing against them in a cross-country meet.<\/p>\n

Holly Burns and about a dozen other Camas High School runners made it clear that they would not compete on the same field as an athlete who started the season on the boys\u2019 team. They did so by walking off the field at the start of a race in a moment that quickly went viral on social media.<\/p>\n

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Tonight in Washington state, nearly half the Camas High School girls cross country team refused to compete against a boy on their own team.<\/p>\n

He switched from the boys\u2019 team just one month ago.<\/p>\n

Now he\u2019s placing in every meet.<\/p>\n

Courage always wins.<\/p>\n

@xx_xyathletics<\/p>\n

Footage: @KnownHeretic<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jennifer Sey (@JenniferSey) October 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

They stayed on the sidelines, but that doesn\u2019t mean the initial decision was easy to make<\/p>\n

According to Burns\u2019 parents, who spoke to\u00a0OutKick<\/em>, she was hesitant to start \u201cmaking waves\u201d about the inclusion of a boy on the girls\u2019 team.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe wanted to kind of play it safe, so we, we weren\u2019t going to push it. We just kind of let her kind of feel it out. We told her that. We supported her whichever decision she tries to make,\u201d said her father, Kevin Burns.<\/p>\n

Once she realized that some of her other teammates felt the same way, that\u2019s when everyone decided to take action.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe more I heard about her friends wanting to do something, the more I heard about her team wanting to do something, we definitely were in support of that,\u201d Kevin explained. \u201cWe told her, do what you think is best.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou hear about it, but you just never think it\u2019s going to be on your kid\u2019s small cross-country team,\u201d added the mother, Sarah Burns.<\/p>\n

While Camas School District argued that it is following applicable state laws and athletic eligibility requirements, the family says that does nothing to assuage their concerns.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t see how it\u2019s OK to discriminate against my daughter and the daughters of everyone else that is trying to fairly compete,\u201d Kevin said.<\/p>\n

The parents wanted to participate in a protest of their own, but security was quick to shut it down.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey said that we\u2019re not allowed to hold up signs at this event today. I questioned them if that was constitutionally legal, if we could express ourselves by just holding a sign. And we kind of went back and forth about public versus private property. And in the end, it didn\u2019t seem like they really had a grasp on what they could tell us to do or not,\u201d the father revealed. \u201cSo I just went ahead and held up my sign, and they had several security guards following me and pestering me and telling me that I would have to leave. And I just said, no, I\u2019m not going to leave.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sarah also recalled being approached by a woman who identified herself as a psychiatric nurse.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a lady that came up to me and said she was a psychiatric nurse and that I was a disgusting human for holding up this sign and that I was doing psychological damage to these children. I told her that one day I\u2019m gonna have to stand before my Lord and Savior and I\u2019m gonna feel good about this,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

As for what will happen to the female athletes who decided to protest, the future is still uncertain.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, we don\u2019t know that yet. But there\u2019s cost to everything when you stand up for what you believe is right, I think. If there wasn\u2019t, then you\u2019re not really standing up for anything,\u201d the parents said. \u201cHer goal this season was just to have fun and compete and do the best that she could.\u201d<\/p>\n

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