Elizabeth Weiss, an anthropology professor at San José State University, says that activists are taking over the field of anthropology and dismissing facts about biological sex., would not comment on whether a student who was seen beating up a smaller girl in a school hallway earlier this month is transgender.
The attack left the victim in tears, and can be heard in the video saying,"I can't breathe." It is unclear what prompted the beating. The video of the attack was shared widely on social media, including by former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines, who has been a vocal advocate against transgender women competing in women's sports since she competed against transgender swimmer Lia Thomas in college.
"These acts have contributed to the trauma individuals and families are already experiencing," the statement read. "Now that [the second video] has come to this office’s attention, I too am concerned about a repeated pattern and all the pieces around that … I have to get more information from the school, so I can understand that incident, how it was investigated and how it relates to the [other] one. That is the work that is ahead of me," Rieke-Smith told parents last week.