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Two California transgender female high school athletes who qualified for the state track championship meet are facing vitriolic attacks, The San Francisco Chronicle reports. Athena Ryan and Lorelei Barrett, who attend private schools in different parts of the state, both qualified in 1600-meter race, accomplishments that The Chronicle’s Marisa Ingemi writes “have now been woven into broader conservative campaigns targeting trans youth.” Barrett competes for Buckley School of Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles County) and Ryan for Sonoma Academy of Santa Rosa (Sonoma County). The meet is scheduled to be…
