Texas didn't stop him from wrestling. What exactly did they do wrong?* Archived Message
Posted by villain on February 27, 2017, 8:14:31, in reply to "she, he, wanted to wrestle guys. go #### yourself, texas*"
Previous Message Previous Message Interesting piece where a transgender male (was a girl) won the Texas state HS wrestling championship for girls. Rules required participation in the girls' tournament. As you can imagine, this is a difficult problem, and it isn't helped by the direct, personal nature of wrestling. The story made national news. I think it's also notable that Texas even has a girls' championship. When Helen Maroulis, who won Olympic gold, wrested in HS, it had to be against boys as there was no girls' wrestling. “I just witnessed my sport change,” a longtime Texas wrestling coach said moments after Beggs, a 17-year-old junior at Trinity High in Euless whose transition from girl to boy began two years ago and now includes testosterone injections, won a championship. The victory was seen as equal parts unavoidable — quick and noticeably strong, he entered the tournament unbeaten in 52 matches against girls — and contentious. The University Interscholastic League, which oversees sports in Texas public schools, ordered Beggs to continue competing in the girls’ division despite heavy uproar and a lawsuit earlier this month in a Travis County district court. I read this one: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/highschools/meet-the-texas-wrest
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- Transgender wrestler wins girls high school championship - Potomac February 26, 2017, 14:50:28
- If he identifies male why does he want to play on the girls team? - LPAD February 27, 2017, 8:56:49
- Why is a boy wrestling girls in the place?... - Lord Maximus February 27, 2017, 8:19:44
- she, he, wanted to wrestle guys. go #### yourself, texas* - ghost_of_clt February 26, 2017, 23:11:15
- Texas didn't stop him from wrestling. What exactly did they do wrong?* - villain February 27, 2017, 8:14:31
- This world is ####ed up* - AceFrehley February 26, 2017, 15:20:56
- You'd think they would be disqualified for banned substances* - groupguy February 26, 2017, 15:04:28
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