The ballot initiative, Washington Initiative 638, would prohibit public schools from allowing “biological male students” from competing with, or competing against, female athletes.
A “yes” vote on the ballot supports banning non-females from female athletics in the state of Washington.
If it passes, the voter-approved initiative would alter current Washington law that oversees and enforces public education athletics.
The ballot question, which is getting little attention nationwide, might get noticed more in coming days thanks to a male athlete named Logan Mihailoff.
Thanks to the group HeCheated.org, which defends female athletes, the public learned Mihailoff finished second out of 195 female runners at an Oct. 2 cross-country race in Camas, Washington.
A related HeCheated X post, which has more than 320,000 views, reported that Mihailoff began the racing season on the boys’ cross-country team. He finished 76th in his first meet but has now switched to the girls’ division for Camas High School.
Mihailoff’s participation in the cross-country race has also gotten the attention of female athlete advocates, including journalist Brandi Kruse. She is using social media to share her interviews with two teen female athletes who refused to race against a male athlete.
A second Kruse interview, with a father of one of the girls, describes how he is now banned from Camas High property after he protested Mihailoff participating in the race.
Another reason the Camas High race is getting attention is because of Amy Sousa, another advocate for female athletes. She filmed the starting line at the Oct. 2 cross-country event, and that footage showed Mihailoff towering over the young teen girls around him.
Sousa’s race footage also shows female athletes, who refused to participate, walking off the race path instead.
Kruse shared on X she was told other teams refused to make the trip to Camas because of the male competitor.
Sousa’s race footage was shared by Kruse and has passed 3.2 million views on X.
One of the female athletes, Sierra Retzlaff, told Fox News why she refused to race.
"On the start line, when the gun went off, we basically just walked a few meters and then just walked off the course," she recalled. "He's taking that spot, so I don't think that that's right or fair."
