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Video of the Women’s Disk Golfer Abigail Wilson who refuses to face A transgender opponent On Friday, they became viral, which encouraged the praise of activists for women’s sports rights.
The incident came only a few days after Reported Fox News Digital That the women’s swordsman Stephanie Turner refused to face a transgender opponent at a competition in Maryland, which encouraged global consciousness and criticism against the US fencing.
Wilson’s refusal to face a trans athlete came on Friday in Nashville, Tennessee, MVP Music City Open, which is an event officially sanctioned by DISC Golf Pro Tour and Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA). When her name was called to step up to compete, she approached the teen box, she wrapped her toss and threw her hand forward, but did not let go of the disk. Then she turned to explain why.
“Women must be protected in our division!” Wilson shouted at the crowd. “This is unfair. I refuse to play!”
Wilson then took his things and left.
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Later on Friday she shared the recordings of her protest in Instagram video.
“I refused to play in the open music city today. Females deserve the protected division of my gender to be protected. This is unjust. I worked so hard to get to this point to play on DGPT, but the victim of my career and my hard work is worth it if it means that I can make a difference for other women, and to be in the future, and since they are on our sport. “, she wrote in the inscription.
“Today I took this view because I had anxiety for playing with an open trance on a tour of the planned protests for this year and threats of violence at the event last year. After talking to DGPT’s member yesterday, they made it clear that it would not be not to sum me up that I couldn’t change me earlier in connection with my fear of security on the course.
“They assured me that there would be bags, police and security at the event. On the arrival of this morning there was no security or the presence of police, I was also allowed to enter even though I did not have my own credentials. There were zero safety precautions.”
Wilson added that she believed that the decision would end her discus golf career.
“Today I am most likely to end my career and that’s fine because this is bigger than I am.”
The Fox News Digital addressed the Discu for the Disc Golf Pro Tour Jeff Spring to comment on the director and director of the Disc Golf Pro Tour Jeff Spring tour.
Professional Golf Disk Association The rules state That the players of the transgender persons who are awarded to males at birth are eligible for the competition in the category of women after undergoing continuous hormone therapy for at least 24 months and maintained a certain level of testosterone, proven through more blood tests. Fulfillment of eligibility can also be achieved by surgery that confirms the gender, with the same requirements for testosterone levels after surgery.
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The player throws his disk during the 6th annual Golf Denver Classic Disc tournament on Saturday, on the Badlands Course at Federal Heights. (RJ Sangosti/ The Denver Post (Photo RJ Sangosti
Trans contestant who encouraged Wilson’s protest, Natalie Ryan, first caught attention in September 2022. After winning a female division on the Disco Great Lakes Open and achieved the rank as one of the world Top Five Golf Disks on a Women’s Class.
Ryan identifies himself as an open transgender, according to the Instagram athlete page.
Music City opened Ryan’s return to sports after recovering from “very invasive surgery,” the athlete revealed in a post on Thursday.
At the 2024 Music City Open, the event had to be paused after a terrorist threat, which was targeted at Ryan, an organization published in a statement.
“The invitation has arrived at the scene stating that there will be a threat to potential violence against competitors in the tournament this weekend,” the tour statement said.
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