Another state sues over trans women in sports, and this one is predictable

In May, Texas Attorney Ken Paxton called for an investigation of U.S. Masters Swimming after a trans woman won events at a national championship meet held in San Antonio.

Last Friday, Paxton filed a lawsuit against the governing body accusing U.S. Masters Swimming of “engaging in false, deceptive, and misleading practices.”

In a written statement, Paxton was highly critical of USMS.

“U.S. Masters Swimming’s insane policy of allowing men to participate in women’s competitions is both deeply unfair to female competitors and unlawful,” he stated. “The organization has cowered to radical activists pushing gender warfare, and it has deprived female participants of the opportunity to succeed at the highest levels by letting men win countless events.”

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In response, the governing body fired back with their own statement.

“It is deeply disappointing to see our organization and individual members publicly targeted in a lawsuit that appears to be more about generating headlines than seeking justice,” it read.

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The catalyst for the action was the performance of Ana Caldas, a 47-year-old trans woman from California who won five individual national titles in the women’s 45-49 division at the USMS national championship meet. She brought home victories in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle, 50- and 100-yard breaststroke and the 100-yard individual medley.

Caldas was fully eligible to compete by the USMS rules set at the time. Those rules were amended in June by the USMS.

The “interim policy” would allow trans women to participate in women’s events but would not be eligible to receive “USMS records, Top 10, All-American, placing and scoring of points at all sanctioned events.”

This lawsuit is the latest in a stream of legislative and judicial action on this issue since the current Administration’s executive order calling for a total ban on trans women in women’s sports earlier this. year.

The United States Supreme Court will hear two cases that will set much of the course on future policies concerning trans athletes inclusion in sports during the next session of the Court, scheduled to start in October.

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