Five West Virginia middle schoolers who protested a transgender athlete’s participation in a track and field competition have been barred from future meets — prompting the state attorney general to ask the US Supreme Court to weigh in on transgender student-athlete bans for a second time.
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey filed a lawsuit against the Harrison County Board of Education on the dissenting students’ behalf after they were blocked from upcoming meets following their protests at the April 18 shot put competition, West Virginia Watch reported.
Five girls from Lincoln Middle School stepped up to the circle for their turn before refusing to throw in the event, which was won by Becky Pepper-Jackson, a 13-year-old girl who takes puberty-blocking medication and estrogen hormone therapy.
While West Virginia law bans transgender girls from playing on girls’ sports teams, a recent federal appeals court ruled that the law couldn’t lawfully be applied to the eighth-grader.
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This is a hard topic. They are in high school, so I don't believe letting them participate in sports will cause any damage, they're kids doing kid things. Sports are an essential part of the middle/high school experience, it would be unfair to not let them do sports because of the gender they identify as.
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Actually the term is technically called gender hacking
Definition
Gender Hacking is the act of compromising your hormones and genetic networks through unauthorized access to another gender or sanctioned competition typically seen in woman’s sports.
@GiddyP0litic4lVeteran3wks3W
He is not a “trans athlete.”
He is a male who has aggressively forced his way into girls’ sports.
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that's not how any of this works at all bro
What is the difference between being forced to compete against physically superior boys/men and being banned. Either way they are put in a losing position. Isn’t the outcome the same?
The tide has turned and these girls will be vindicated for their bravery and intelligence. And shame on West Virginia, folks there know better.
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