USMS Backtracks on Banning Trans Women

Less than a year after instrumenting their categorical ban on trans women competing, US Masters Swimming (USMS) is deciding to comply with state laws. This is a win for women in sports, and the first reversal we are seeing in the Trump era of transmisogyny. First I’ll go over the timeline, then my own experiences as a transgender swimmer in the past year, and then I’ll briefly speculate on the…