If only a man’s thoughts had been more important than my freedom as a female athlete.
After a biological male trans athlete spiked a tennis jump, college student Payton McNabb suffered a traumatic brain injury and is now a leading advocate for women’s sports.
In” Kill Shot: How Payton McNabb Turned Tragedy Into Triumph“, a new mini-documentary from the Independent Women’s Forum, the young woman ( pictured ) and her family talk about the struggles they have faced since she sustained permanent injuries in the 2022 game.
” It was 100 % avoidable, if only my rights as a female athlete had been more important than a man’s feelings”, she told the New York Post in a recent interview.
The McNabbs were aware of the biological male person on the opposing women tennis team, but they were unsure of what to do with him.
The New York Post has information on what transpired during the activity:
The encounter was largely untidy until the men player spiked the basketball straight into McNabb’s mind, knocking her for 30 seconds and breaking the gymnasium into a shocked silence.
The trans person was the only person who managed to finish the game, while McNabb was taken off the court after suffering a injury, neck injuries, and two black eyes. ]… ]
As a result of her diagnosis with a traumatic brain injury, a mind burn, limited numbness, and loss of peripheral perspective on her right side, the whole extent of her wound became apparent over days. She also suffered continued memory loss, distress and serious problems.
McNabb, then 19, said the trans person previously apologized to her.
She did, however, claim in the video that she did get a word from him shortly after her story started to gain media attention. It read:” Wow I really am living book completely in your head, aren’t I”?
McNabb, a freshman at Western Carolina University, claims that her accidents from the activity cost her opportunities to play ball in college. She claimed that she also needs assistance with her academic performance because her recollection engagement isn’t what it once was.
In the film, McNabb’s families, Daniel and Pamela, said they have noticed a shift in their child, too.
” The child that we raised for 17 years, the youngster that we knew … is gone”, Pamela said, crying.
” I had never, ever let her enjoy now if I knew what I know today”, she said. ” Pull your child. Don’t enjoy. What has happened to anyone else’s child is not for what has happened to her.
Her parents expressed pride in their daughter’s efforts to stop her wounds and speak out for other female sports.
In 2023, McNabb testified in front of the North Carolina government, sharing her story as politicians considered a bill to boycott female athletes from children’s activities. The policy ultimately passed.
She also advocates for children’s sports as an ambassador for the Independent Women’s Forum.
To McNabb, having separate activities for males and females is only” common feel”.
” It’s not about me. I’m in this for women and girls”, she said.
McNabb told The Post that she hopes that other women will be protected by telling her story in the new film about her lifestyle.
It was all worth it, she said,” If my story can in any way help prevent this from happening to at least one woman or girl.”
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