(LifeSiteNews) — Back in February, American Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu made news for appearing to disassociate with the LGBT movement, with her pronouns and “queer” identification quietly disappearing from her social media profiles. LGBT activists mourned that she had once “carried the hopes of the LGBTQ community” but that now, “those posts seem to be gone.
It seems that LGBT activists may have to settle for her brother. An exclusive story broken by Reduxx has revealed that a “trans-identified male racking up wins in girls’ sports in California has been identified as the brother … of gold medal-winning figure skater Alysa Liu.” According to Reduxx:
Jaylin [Liu] appears to have previously gone by the name “Joshua,” and appears to have begun identifying as female relatively recently. Some news articles on his sister’s Olympic successes still refer to him by his birth name, while other profiles have been quietly updated to reflect his new name. Since the 2025 outdoor athletic season, Jaylin has been participating in girls’ sports on teams at both Albany High School and El Cerrito High School in California.
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The five-foot-eight Jaylin has been cleaning house, taking eight first-place spots last year at races and season spots, a silver medal at the NCS Bayshore Championship in the 400-metre, and a gold medal in the Tri-County Athletic League Frosh-Soph Championship 200-metre. Jaylin is one of five children born to Arthur Liu via IVF and surrogacy.
In 2026, Reduxx reported, “Jaylin has continued to outperform his female competitors, and has taken first place at every 200- and 400-meter girls race he’s participated in for Albany,” including first place in the Tri-County Athletic League Finals in May.
🚨Heartbreaking: Another California boy programmed and gr*omed to believe he’s a girl.
Joshua “Jaylin” Liu is the brother of Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu. He competes for Albany High School racking up wins in Girls’ track and field in the 200m and 400m dash. He also… https://t.co/C9afkpnuvp pic.twitter.com/O2qzXjZL7O
— Beth Bourne (@bourne_beth2345) July 14, 2026
Jaylin has been described as “extremely dominant” and the top “female” runner in several races and the Tri-County Athletic League. He also plays in girls’ varsity basketball and ultimate frisbee; he won a silver medal in basketball. Reduxx noted that he is one of several trans-identifying male players on girls’ teams. He reportedly began to identify as female only recently.
“The younger brother of Olympic women’s figure skating gold medalist Alysa Liu has been stealing gold medals of his own in girls’ sports,” the website HeCheated, which tracks the victories of trans-identifying males in female sports, stated on X. Another commenter noted: “His times are completely mediocre for a male athlete but good enough to consistently win 1st against girls.”
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“Rules allowing boys into girls’ sports often put female athletes who may have male family members, like Alysa, in an impossible position where their loyalties are torn and they are forced to choose between supporting female athletes and fairness in athletics or a beloved family member,” a spokesperson for the website HeCheated stated. “Firm rules protecting the female category puts the responsibility of saying no to these boys on athletic officials rather than young women and girls.”
“The Liu family represents two opposing forces: the pinnacle of excellence in female sports and, at the same time, a profound threat to the integrity of those sports,” Marshi Smith of the Independent Council on Women’s Sports told Reduxx. “Alysa’s achievements are the result of years of dedication and hard work beginning in childhood. By contrast, her brother’s recent personal ambitions threaten to undermine the same developmental pathways that so many girls depend on to blaze their own trails to greatness.”
“Sports leaders and elected officials have a duty to protect female athletic opportunities rather than indulge the desires of boys at the expense of girls. Despite the recent Supreme Court ruling, too many officials remain committed to policies that threaten to destroy the athletic dreams of the next generation of girls. This injustice must end nationwide.”
