In recent years, many male athletes who believe that they are women have infiltrated women’s sports and robbed women of awards and opportunities.
One famous instance of this was so-called “transgender” athlete Will “Lia” Thomas. In 2022, at the NCAA swimming championships, Thomas tied with University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines. As Townhall covered, Thomas got to keep the trophy while Gaines left empty-handed.
Thomas, who was a mediocre athlete when he competed against men, has tried to qualify for the Olympics as a woman and engaged in a “secret” legal battle to be able to do so.
This week, reports broke that a transgender golfer who previously competed against women would no longer do so, stating “I’m not a woman.”
The athlete, Nicole Powers, made the remarks in an interview with Outkick.
"When I was transitioning and starting my athletic career, you didn't see trans women competing in women's sports because we all knew that that wasn't the right thing to do," Powers explained to the outlet. "I didn't necessarily see that I was part of the problem because you're force-fed this information that your existence is not the problem, and you should enter women's spaces without restraint."
"It wasn't until I saw real problems occurring within women's sports that I had to take a step back and realize that biological realities are real and competitive advantages will always exist despite what number of years you've transitioned or whatever surgeries and hormones you've done, and then understood that my place is not in women's sports,” Powers said.
Trans golfer decides to STOP competing in women’s golfing after recognizing “biological realities.”
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) October 22, 2024
Nicole Powers, who previously competed in women’s sports has vowed never to do so again.
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Predictably, the pro-transgender community did not agree with Powers’ decision.
"The reaction was almost the same as at a lot of these events that I'm competing in," Powers began. "It's very shocked in the sense of ‘well no, no, no, you belong here,’ even with me saying ‘no I don’t,' they still are continuing to try and force the agenda that you're a trans woman and we're going to continue championing you in women's sports. Really have a think about this, you're a woman, and that's what they're saying."
"I'm like ‘no, I’m not, I'm a trans woman,' and it's like this bizarro world where I'm trying to defend my reality against people who are trying to defend something that I'm telling them that I'm not,” Powers added. "The agenda has gotten to everybody in the athletic world including my coaches, trainers, and governing bodies of my sports."