{"id":7170,"date":"2025-06-12T07:09:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T07:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightflowmedia.com\/archives\/7170"},"modified":"2025-06-12T07:12:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T07:12:04","slug":"transgender-freshman-qualifies-for-wv-girls-track-state-championship-meet-in-two-events-the-lion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightflowmedia.com\/?p=7170","title":{"rendered":"A male transgender athlete will participate in a girls\u2019 outdoor track and field state championship meet in a deep red state this weekend \ud83c\udfc5 Freshman Becky Pepper-Jackson qualified after strong performances at the Class AAA Region I meet, placing 3rd in shot put and 4th in discus \ud83e\udd49\ud83e\udd4f\ud835\udc02\u029c\u1d07c\u0199 \ud835\udc2d\u029c\u1d07 \ud835\udc1c\u1d0f\u1d0d\u1d0d\u1d07\u0274\u1d1bs \ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A male transgender athlete will participate in a girls\u2019 outdoor track and field state championship meet in a deep red state this weekend.<\/p>\n

Freshman Becky Pepper-Jackson qualified<\/a> to compete in the West Virginia High School State Track and Field Championships thanks to strong performances May 15 at the Class AAA Region I meet.<\/p>\n

During that meet, the Bridgeport High School student placed third in shot put (34 feet, 3.75 inches) and fourth in the discus (108 feet, 8 inches). Pepper-Jackson has placed seventh statewide in girls\u2019 discus and ninth in shot put.<\/p>\n

Although West Virginia has a law banning transgender athletes from competing in girls\u2019 sports, Pepper-Jackson is an exception \u2013 for now.<\/p>\n

After Pepper-Jackson\u2019s family challenged the law in court, a U.S. district judge granted the athlete an injunction, saying the law couldn\u2019t be enforced against him during the case, WV Metro News reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gov. Patrick Morrisey, a Republican, has opposed the practice of biological male athletes competing against girls.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe what is going on right now in West Virginia \u2013 with boys playing sports against girls \u2013 to be abhorrent and contrary to law,\u201d he posted<\/a> on X earlier this month. \u201cWhile we wait for the Supreme Court to issue their ruling in this case, I\u2019m calling on all coaches involved to let these brave athletes take a stand for what is right without unfair punishment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we all work toward removing the wrongly-decided injunction in upcoming months, I ask for all tournament officials to keep a full set of results so that true winners of each event may be recognized when the Supreme Court rules in our favor.\u201d<\/p>\n

In California, a girl who lost to a transgender track athlete recently stood up for herself.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Crean Lutheran High School junior Reese Hogan finished second<\/a> to male athlete AB Hernandez in the triple jump event at the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Division 3 Southern Section Finals last weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hogan stood on the first-place section of the podium in protest of Hernandez since she had the best performance of any female athlete competing in the meet.<\/p>\n

Over their track uniforms, Hogan and some of her friends wore \u201cProtect Girls Sports\u201d T-shirts before the meet.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t said, but it was implied that if I didn\u2019t take my shirt off then and there, then something could potentially happen to my spot,\u201d she told<\/a> Fox News of reactions from meet officials. \u201cThroughout the day it was kind of getting a little bit more stricter\u2026\u00a0 getting a little bit more hostile with their voices. \u2026 They never said anything about getting disqualified, but it was kind of implied by the tone of their voice and the way that they said things.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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