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Boston Marathoner Kicked Off Team for Speaking Out About Transgender Issue

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New mom and marathoner Natalie Daniels was booted from her running club for saying that people who identify as transgender should not compete against biological women in sports.

When Daniels began training for the Boston Marathon just a few months postpartum, she interviewed with the organization XX-XY Athletics, a clothing brand which aims to protect women’s sports. Daniels, a five-time marathon winner, advocated for keeping the women’s category solely for biological women.

This series of interviews came just after the Boston Marathon allowed a biological male identifying as female to qualify in the women’s division. Although the Boston Marathon has three categories—male, female, and non-binary—organizers nevertheless allowed the biological male into the women’s category.

After Daniels spoke out against the unfairness of the decision, Olympian Nikki Hiltz went viral on TikTok, criticizing Daniels. “If you want to throw a fit and be like, ‘I want to drop out,’ then drop out,” Hiltz said. “This person forgot what the point of a marathon is.........

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