Girls Protest Trans Athlete in Oregon State High School Track Championships

Oregon is among a handful of states that allow males to compete in female sports.

Transgender-identifying athlete Zachary Rose, who goes by the name Liaa, finished in fifth place in the girls division of the OSAA Oregon High School Track Meet at University of Oregon's Hayward Field on May 31, 2025. Scottie Barnes/The Epoch Times

Zachary Rose, a male who identifies as transgender, finished fifth in the girls’ varsity high jump at the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) high school track and field state championships in Eugene, Oregon, on May 31.

During the award ceremony, Reese Eckard of Sherwood High School and Alexa Anderson of Tigard High School, who had finished third and fourth in the event, stepped down from the medal podium and turned their backs in an apparent protest.