Female middle schoolers who refused to compete against transgender student banned from future competition

Five West Virginia middle school student-athletes have been banned from all future competitions after they protested the participation of a transgender student during their track and field competition. The five Lincoln Middle School students refused to compete against Becky Pepper-Jackson, a 13-year-old biological male who identifies as a transgender girl, during an April 18 shot put competition, according to a report. The transgender student-athlete was allowed to compete on April 18 due to being free of current state protection for girls’ sports as an eighth-grader, the report noted. After the...