ORLANDO, Florida — Opportunities for transgender women to compete in female sports don’t end after high school, college or even international arenas such as the Olympics.
Transgender athletes are increasingly entering — and in some cases, dominating — the women’s field in masters’ sports, the classification for older athletes seeking to participate in organized competitions after their athletic primes.
Now Republicans are pushing back. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier called on U.S. Masters Swimming on Tuesday to ban male-born athletes from the women’s field, saying that the organization’s recent revisions fall short of complying with state law.
“We are calling on U.S. Masters Swimming, a Florida-based nonprofit, to immediately cease allowing any men to compete against women,” Mr. Uthmeier said in a statement. “We will always fight to protect women and girls from being subjected to men trying to compete in female sports — it’s our moral obligation to do