Women who faced biological males in girls' sports and locker rooms speak out ahead of Washington state vote

Alanna Smith was a college sprinter at Georgia Southern who had aspirations of winning the Connecticut State Open while in high school.But she knew she was defeated before her race began because of the biological male lining up against her in the blocks.Bailey Andersen was a high school basketball player who remembers a 6-foot biological male out-jumping her 6-foot-3 teammate on the opening tip due to his superior athleticism.

But her lasting memory from that day was the mustached boys flexing in front of a mirror in the girls' locker room before the game.I LOST A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TO A BOY.I REFUSE TO LOSE MY VOICE(From left to right) Female athletes Frances Staudt, Bailey Andersen, Sadie Sullivan, Kendall Kotzmacher and Alanna Smith stand behind emcee and podcast host Brandi Kruse at a Protecting Fairness in Girls' Sports rally in Vancouver, Washington.

(Derek Shook for OutKick)Kendall Kotzmacher is a college softball player who lost her high school state championship game to a team that started a biological male at pitcher.That wasn't her only loss, though, as myriad friends have abandoned her since she began speaking up on this issue.Sadie Sullivan was a high school swimmer who said she regularly had biological males in her locker room while she was changing into her suit, and that hearing male voices in her space "freaked me out."So what brought these five ladies to a rally in Vancouver, Wash., last Saturday to share their stories? To make sure nothing like that ever happens again in Washington state.Actually, their ambitions extend beyond Washington.

They don't want these types of incidents happening anywhere in the country, but stopping them in the Pacific Northwest is the immediate priority.THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE.DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW!On Nov.

3, Washington voters will decide whether to pass Initiative 638, which would bar biological males from competing in girls’ K-12 sports.What's particularly signif...