Alexa Anderson, a track and field athlete in Oregon, told Newsmax Wednesday she wants to send a message that girls don’t feel comfortable competing against transgender athletes.

Anderson is suing the Oregon School Athletics Association and the Oregon Department of Education after she was excluded from official photos and had her medals withheld after refusing to stand on a podium with a transgender athlete. Anderson, along with other girls who protested, are claiming their First Amendment rights were infringed on.

“We did not want to share the podium with this biological male and that we would step down in protest to this unfair competition environment,” Anderson said on “National Report.” “I think it’s so important to bring attention to this issue and let the people in charge know that us girls, the ones affected by their lack of protections for our sports, are not OK with the situations they’re putting us in.”

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