Several girls staged a “step out” protest and refused to compete Thursday in Bridgeport, West Virginia, at a middle school girl’s track and field event due to the participation of a transgender athlete.

The protest at Bridgeport Middle School came just days after a federal appeals court ruled in favor of a transgender teenager who sued West Virginia over the state’s law barring biological boys from competing in girls’ sports. A video posted on X shows five girls watching the athlete in question participating in the shot put competition.

Several members of the Lincoln Middle School track and field team “stepped in” when their name was called and then “stepped out” without throwing the shot to protest the event.

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