Dori: Washington state school sports now have a ‘Lia Thomas situation’

With high school fall sports seasons in full swing across Washington state, it appears some local teen athletes are facing a so-called “Lia Thomas situation” here.

Lia Thomas is the highly publicized, biologically male University of Pennsylvania swimmer whose current transgender status now allows them to compete – and win – against biologically female swimmers.

According to several parents who recently attended a Puget Sound-area four-way high school cross country meet, a sophomore runner who competed as a male last season won the girls race last weekend.

I’m choosing not to name the student or the high school. I have nothing against the kid, and I don’t wish to

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