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American surfing legend Bethany Hamilton has called out officials in California after organizers of a competition in Huntington Beach were told a transgender surfer must be allowed to compete in the women’s division. Hamilton, 32, posted a message on social media Friday about the controversy surrounding the inaugural Huntington Beach Longboard Pro in California this weekend after reports revealed the event’s organizers were forced to reverse their stance on transgender athletes or risk having it canceled.

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) When Governor Gavin Newsom suddenly pulled the plug on Monday’s annual State of the State speech with no explanation, insiders and analysts were quick to assume the reason may be due to the extremely close vote on Proposition 1.More than two weeks after the primary election, the race is still too close to call. As of today, Prop 1, Newsom’s $6.4 billion plan to help California’s homeless and addicts leads by 17,000 votes with 200,000 yet to be counted. The tight race reportedly has Newsom’s group scrambling to find more “yes” votes to push it over the...

The coach of a Vermont high school girls basketball team that was banned from state athletics after forfeiting a game against a squad with a trans player defended the decision — stressing the danger of a biological male playing against girls. “I’ve got four daughters. I’ve coached them all at one point in their careers playing high school basketball,” Chris Goodwin, coach of the girls’ team at the Mid-Vermont Christian School, said Monday on “Fox & Friends.” “I’ve also filled in for the boys’ coach when he can’t make a practice, and I run those practices, and boys just play...

Coach of Vermont school banned for forfeiting game over transgender player defends action The coach of a Vermont high school girls basketball team that was banned from state athletics after forfeiting a game against a squad with a trans player defended the decision — stressing the danger of a biological male playing against girls. “I’ve got four daughters. I’ve coached them all at one point in their careers playing high school basketball,” Chris Goodwin, coach of the girls’ team at the Mid-Vermont Christian School, said Monday on “Fox & Friends.” “I’ve also filled in for the boys’ coach when he...

The lead attorney representing Colorado before the Supreme Court Thursday, arguing to remove Donald Trump from this year’s presidential ballots, admitted under questioning that his rationale could be applied to preemptively invalidate the outcome of an election. As Breitbart News senior legal contributor Ken Klukowski explained after the oral arguments, CO’s lawyer Jared Murray was ill-prepared for myriad objections to the state’s legal case, even from liberal justices like Ketanji Brown Jackson. One moment highlighted by Klukowski reveals the “danger” of Murray’s reasoning — that even a few days before a national election, a state legislature could bar a candidate...

This is the shocking moment five transgender players hijack a women's college volleyball game in Canada. Footage showed the five athletes 'dominate' a women's volleyball match between Seneca College and Centennial College in Toronto on on January 24. The biologically male athletes were seen smashing the ball past their female teammates. The controversial players each stayed on the court for the entire game - while the biologically female players were substituted on and off the bench. This is the shocking moment five transgender players hijack a women's college volleyball game in Canada. Footage showed the five athletes 'dominate' a women's...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) said he vetoed legislation protecting children from transgender procedures because of personal appeals from families, rather than lessons learned from science-based research. “Parents many times look me in the eye and said, ‘Governor, my child would not be alive today. They would have taken their life but for the ability to participate in this program,'” DeWine told Eyewitness News on Wednesday. “For me that was very telling,” the Ohio governor said, after vetoing the bill to protect kids from commercial pressure to accept irreversible and experimental transgender-related hormones and surgeries.

USA Boxing has updated its policy to allow transgender women compete in their chosen gender, sparking fierce conservative backlash from people who believe it puts women's sports at risk. The American boxing organization included the new policy in its 2024 rule book, stipulating that male boxers who transition into women will be able to compete in the female category. snip The policy stipulates that entrants must state their new gender identity as well as fully completing gender reassignment surgery. Transitioned athletes must also participate in regular hormone testing.

USA Boxing has adopted a new transgender policy that will allow males to compete in the female category — under certain conditions. The governing body, which oversees amateur and Olympic-style boxing in the United States, will now permit adults who identify as transgender to fight in the category of their choice. However, they will be required to declare their new gender identity, complete regular hormone testing and undergo gender reassignment surgery. In other words, the men have to chop off their junk. In addition to surgery, male-to-female transitioners must show their testosterone level in serum has been below 5 nmol/L...

Transgender cyclists have once again stolen victories in a competition that was originally intended for women in the Illinois State Cyclocross Championship this past weekend. “Tessa” Johnson, 25 and “Evelyn” Williamson, 30 were declared the 1st and 2nd place winners. The only real woman to place in the top three was Kristin Chalmers. The two also stole victories back in October during the Cyclocross Cup which also caused at outrage. New York Post reported: Two transgender cyclists have once again snagged first and second place at a major women’s competition — with some calling their victories “outrageous” and an...

NCAA swimming legend and women's sports advocate Riley Gaines hit back against a "Squad" Democrat after she called her and other witnesses' testimony against transgender males in women's sports "transphobic." Gaines fired back at Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., the ranking member of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Health, after the Squad member took a shot at the witnesses' testimony during her opening remarks. Lee called the women's testimonies against biological males playing in women's sports "transphobic" – something Gaines did not take lightly. There's a place for everybody to play sports in this country," Gaines said, noting transgender Americans were...

BEARDSTOWN, ILLINOIS: Upon the conclusion of the Illinois State Cyclocross Championships held on December 3, 2023, two transgender women secured the first and second positions in the Women's Singlespeed category, while biological female athlete Kristin Chalmers won the bronze medal This outcome has sparked controversy among advocates for women's athletics, who have expressed their concerns about the fairness of allowing transgender athletes to compete in women's categories

Two things have become apparent since the NCAA investigation into the Michigan football program became public knowledge nearly two weeks ago. The first is that Connor Stalions, a low-level staff member within the football program, pushed the boundaries of scouting future opponents and likely broke NCAA regulations in the process. The second is that, in a rush to capitalize on the gold mine that has become this ongoing saga in Ann Arbor, members of both the local and national media have exposed themselves as a group who place a higher value on analytics than they do on accuracy. The steady...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Judge Allen Winsor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida granted a motion to dismiss a case against Florida’s voter registration process on Monday. Several voter rights advocacy groups filed the case against Florida and the 67 county supervisor of election offices. The voter rights advocacy groups, including the NAACP and Vote.org, filed the case in order to challenge Florida’s voter registration signature authentication requirement. The groups sought for Florida’s law to comply with a federal law that prevents any states from using “immaterial errors or omissions to deny the right to vote.”...

Wisconsin State Rep. Dave Considine (D) told his colleagues on the state house floor Thursday that he thinks girls who lose to male-born transgender athletes just need to “work harder” if they don’t like losing in sports. Considine made the outrageous claim by insisting that his college-age “granddaughter” voiced this quip to him during a recent conversation the two had. “And my granddaughter who is playing college sports, I asked her about this when we had this two years ago, and she said you know what, if a trans woman was competing against me in the sport then that just...

Two transgender female cyclists dominated the podium at the Chicago Cyclocross Cup series last weekend after finishing first and second in a women’s event. Tessa Johnson, 25, took home gold in the CX Women SingleSpeed event in the Jackson Park race on Oct. 8, after finishing with a time of 38:48, according to race results from USA Cycling. Evelyn Williamson, 30, came in second with a time of 40:20.

Two transgender cyclist proudly throw their arms with apparent glee on the podium after conquering the competition in the women's races at the Chicago CycloCross Cup. Tessa Johnson, 25, won first place in the Women's SingleSpeed and Cat Half categories while Evelyn Williamson, 30, placed second in the SingleSpeed at the October 7 contest. The transgender pair made headlines earlier this year for sweeping the competition at several women's races amid fervent debate over the inclusion of transgender athletes in women's sports.

The Swimming World Cup has decided to scrap its plans to host an open-category event for transgender swimmers after no one signed up for it. The event was to serve as a compromise after World Aquatice voted to ban male swimmers from competing in elite female events in 2022. The plan was to offer trans competitors the ability to compete against other trans swimmers in the 50m and 100m events across all strokes. However, with the Swimming World Cup only three days away, it appears there are no takers.

The Mexico City marathon has ended in farcical scenes after an insane number of competitors were disqualified for the same reason. The Mexico City Marathon may have to start investing in some improved anti-cheating functionality.A staggering 11,000 runners out of a 30,000-person field were disqualified after they cut some part of the course during the 42km race on August 27, the Spanish newspaper Marca reported.The newspaper reported the runners were disqualified after missing checkpoints placed every five kilometres.Some runners allegedly used vehicles or public transport to cut the course, the report said.“The Mexico City Sports Institute informs that it will...

The judge in Trump’s Jan. 6 case didn’t just pick a March 4 trial date at random. The aim is to get Trump off the ballot.News broke Monday that U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, the judge overseeing the Jan. 6-related case against Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., set a March 4, 2024, trial date for the former president.It just so happens that March 4 is the day before Super Tuesday, when more than a dozen states, from California to Texas to Virginia, will hold Republican primary elections. What a coincidence!What this means is that Trump, the Republican front-runner by a...