Mick Hartley

Stop press! A female runner is competing in the US Olympic trials for a place in the women's 1500 metres. From the NYT Athletic:

The biggest race of Nikki Hiltz’s career is coming soon, but the middle-distance runner who identifies as transgender and nonbinary said that racing to a spot on the U.S. Olympic team held a special significance because it came at the end of Pride Month.

Hiltz, 29, whose sex was assigned as female at birth, earned a ticket to the Paris Games with a meet-record time of 3:55.33 in the women’s 1500-meter final of the U.S. Olympic trials on June 30. The performance easily beat the previous Olympic trials record, which was 3:58.03 set by Elle St. Pierre at the 2021 U.S. track and field trials. St. Pierre finished third on Sunday to also earn a spot on Team USA along with the second-place finisher, Emily Mackay.

“This is bigger than just me,” Hiltz told NBC. “It’s the last day of Pride Month, and I wanted to run this one for my community. All the LGBTQ folks, you guys brought me home that last 100. I could just feel the love and support.”

She's transgender and nonbinary. How does that work? And if she's transgender and "was assigned as female at birth" then she's presumably now a trans man – but she's denying her gender identity to compete in the women's race – which according to trans dogma is very wrong. 

It's all very confusing. Though of course there'd be little point in her competing in the men's race, where she wouldn't stand a chance. Still – wow! It's all just so wonderful, her being trans and nonbinary and a good runner and the last day of Pride Month, and feeling the love of LGBTQ folks and all. She's clearly a special magical person.

Runners like Hiltz who were assigned female at birth do not face the same restrictions for women’s divisions as transgender athletes who were assigned male at birth.

A line for future generations to look back at and wonder. Women don't face the same restrictions for women's events as men do – obviously, because men aren't women – but all garbled up in gender-speak.