Payton McNabb is ready to tell her story.
In 2022, McNabb was injured playing high school volleyball when she was struck in the head by a spike from a trans girl.
McNabb is now speaking out in the new documentary "Kill Shot: How Payton McNabb Turned Tragedy into Triumph," produced by the Independent Women's Forum.
McNabb, then a student at Hiwassee Dam High School, said she was aware a transgender player was on the opposing side, but was afraid to speak up.
"We never thought we would ever be put in this position to begin with," she said to the New York Post. "I didn't know one person who agreed with [a transgender athlete competing against us] on my team, but we didn't know what to do."
The shot to the head left McNabb unconscious for 30 seconds and she sustained a concussion, a neck injury and two black eyes. McNabb later was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury, a brain bleed, partial paralysis and loss of peripheral vision on her right side, along with ongoing memory loss, confusion and severe headaches.
The injury ruined McNabb's dreams of playing college softball and she fell into a depression, she told the Post.
Last year, McNabb shared her story with the North Carolina General Assembly, speaking out in favor of the Fairness in Women's Sports Bill. The state eventually banned trans athletes from competing in girls' and women's sports in middle school, high school, and college.
McNabb is currently studying marketing at Western Carolina University, the Post said. She said she has lasting cognitive issues and needs a tutor due to her memory loss and retention issues, the Post said.
"I was always at the top of my class. Learning had never been an issue before," she said. "But I still just can't comprehend the way that I used to or focus on what I need to learn."
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