Becky Pepper-Jackson (right), 13, competed in the Track and Field Championship on Thursday, two days after a court ruled West Virginia's transgender sports ban violates her rights.
Transgender athlete wins shot put by more than three feet as middle school girls protest and refuse to compete - just days after she won the court battle to overturn West Virginia's transgender laws - A transgender athlete from West Virginia won her shot put competition in her first sporting event after an appeals court ruling allowed her to compete - because other participants refused to compete against her.Becky Pepper-Jackson, 13, competed in the Harris County Middle School track and field...
A transgender middle school athlete won a shot put competition in West Virginia last week, as a slew of female competitors refused to throw and walked off the pitch in protest.
The situation unfolded at the Harrison County Championships for middle schools, just a couple of days after West Virginia transgender athlete won appeals court ruling.
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by WorldTribune Staff, April 22, 2024 One of the first shots in the fight against biological males competing in female athletic events was fired by a group of middle school girls in West Virginia. During the shot put competition at the 2024 Harrison County Middle School Championships on Thursday afternoon at Liberty High School in […]