The Telegram (St. John's)

Trans cheerleade­r booted for allegedly choking female teammate

- BRAD HUNTER

A transgende­r cheerleade­r has been given the boot from a Texas cheer camp for allegedly choking a female teammate.

Averie Chanel Medlock also received a criminal citation.

Medlock wrote on Facebook: “Well guys I’m officially retired as a cheerleade­r as of last night at 5:30 AM. A girl on the team was being very disrespect­ful and told me I am a MAN with a PENIS and that [guys] should not be on the team.

“I stood up for myself and she called her mom and dad because she was scared because I [stood] up for myself. Her father said ‘she still has testostero­ne and a penis and I will kill anyone who comes after my daughter.’ “

The alleged incident occurred at Ranger College after cops responded to a cheer team brouhaha.

According to Medlock, her teammate’s “transphobi­c and racist” remarks led to the confrontat­ion. But cell phone video shows the other teammates hiding in a room from the raging Medlock.

The alleged victim’s dad wants cops to release body camera and CCTV footage of the incident.

“I ask you what you would have done when receiving a phone call at 1 o’clock in the morning from your daughter stating they had locked themselves in the room with other girls,” the father, Mike Jones, wrote on Facebook.

“At no time did I ever say anything about your race or your gender.”

Now, Medlock has been booted from campus.

The incident is just the latest flare-up over transgende­r participat­ion in athletics, most famously in the case of University of Pennsylvan­ia swimmer Lia Thomas.

As a result, 18 states have passed legislatio­n that bans or limits transgende­r participat­ion to the athlete’s birth sex.

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