Ironically the law was probably intended to prevent boys from wrestling girls* Archived Message
Posted by ECEIllinois on February 27, 2017, 10:21:52, in reply to "I think he did want to, but Texas law says they have to compete"
Previous Message with the sex listed on their birth certificate. Previous Message That makes no sense to me. 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
- 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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