A furious female skateboarder has slammed Red Bull for sponsoring a contest where she placed second to her trans rival.
Taylor Silverman claims she and other female competitors were disadvantaged by officials at the Red Bull Cornerstone Contest, where she placed second and received a $2,750 award.
Trans skateboarder Lillian Gallagher was awarded $5,000 for placing first and winning two separate divisions – money that Silverman says should have been given to her.
Silverman, who has been skateboarding for 11 years, said when she tried to reach out to officials to ‘do the right thing even if it’s not the popular thing,’ she was ignored.
‘I deserved to place first, be acknowledged for my win and get paid. I reached out to Red Bull and was ignored. I am sick of being bullied into silence,’ Silverman wrote in an Instagram post, in which she tagged right-wing firebrands Ben Shapiro and Candace Owens.
males carry their center of gravity higher than females creating advantages in skateboarding that cannot be changed due to HRT
plus with the Q angle women are more prone to injury creating a major disadvantage regardless of HRT pic.twitter.com/940YRJoJ4Q