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“TRANS” MAN WINS WOMEN’S WEIGHTLIFTING COMPETITION

[3/22/17]  He beat the girls.

No, it’s not politically correct to put it that way. Mainstream outlets universally refer to Laurel Hubbard (shown in center), who won his weight class in an Australian women’s weightlifting competition, as a “transgender woman” — meaning a man claiming female status. But at the end of the day, that’s what it amounts to.

As the Washington Times reports, “Hubbard, 39, cruised to victory on Sunday at the Australian International in Melbourne, a key step in representing New Zealand at the 2017 Commonwealth Games.… Hubbard lifted a combined total of 590.9 pounds in the women’s 198.4-pound division, besting the runner up by almost 45 pounds.”

Hubbard used to compete in men’s weightlifting as “Gavin Hubbard,” but began claiming womanhood in his mid 30s.

As a tribute to political correctness’s power, Stuff Sport reports that “Hubbard was congratulated by … [his] competitors after the ceremony.” Nonetheless, at least a couple did note the unfairness of the situation. As Stuff further informs, bronze medalist Kaitlyn Fassina stated, using the wrong pronouns, “‘She is who she is. That’s the way the politics … and what the New Zealanders have decided. I can’t say much more than that. She is seen as female and that’s the way it is.’”

Another athlete was more blunt. As the Times reported, “‘We all deserve to be on an even playing field,’ competitor Deborah Acason told Australia’s 1 News Now on Sunday. ‘It’s difficult when you believe that you’re not. If it’s not even, why are we doing the sport?’”

The Times also tells us that “Tracey Lumbrechs, who previously won a bronze medal winner at Commonwealth Games, dropped to a lower weight class to avoid the situation.”

And this situation is not a first. As I reported last year, “Dr. Richard Raskind, the famous ‘transsexual’ who adopted the name Renée Richards, was granted the right to compete in women’s tennis and won the 1979 35-and-over U.S. Open women’s tennis title at age 45. ‘Lana Lawless,’ also a man claiming to be a woman, was allowed to participate in the Women’s World Long Drive Championship (golf) — and won the 2008 event at age 55.”

Then there’s Nattaphon Wangyot, a Thai-born — and boy-born — athlete who took honors racing against girls in the 2016 Alaska State Track Championships. As I put it at the time, “Welcome to the Brave New World of bold faux girls.”

But there are boy wannabes, too. “Mack Beggs,” a 17-year-old girl claiming male status, was allowed to compete in the Texas girls’ wrestling tournament last month despite having taken large doses of testosterone the past year. She ended up winning her 110-pound category.