AUSTIN, Texas (LifeSiteNews) — Texas is suing the U.S. Masters Swimming (USMS) for allowing gender-confused men to compete against women.
On July 17, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that he has filed a lawsuit against USMS for allowing men to compete in a women’s swim competition in May, contrary to President Donald Trump’s order keeping men out of women’s sports.
“U.S. Masters Swimming’s insane policy of allowing men to participate in women’s competitions is both deeply unfair to female competitors and unlawful,” said Attorney General Paxton.
“The organization has cowered to radical activists pushing gender warfare, and it has deprived female participants of the opportunity to succeed at the highest levels by letting men win countless events,” he continued. “This lawsuit will hold USMS accountable for its actions, and we will continue to fight to protect the integrity of women’s sports.”
The lawsuit comes after Paxton launched an investigation in May after USMS reportedly violated Texas’s Deceptive Trade Practices Act by allowing gender-confused men to compete in women’s events at the 2025 Spring Nationals swim meet held in April.
The lawsuit specifically highlights an incident where a 47-year-old biological male, “Ana” Caldas, won five gold medals in the women’s aged 45-49 category. Female competitors later told Fox News that they were not aware that Caldas was a man until after the competition.
Paxton condemned USMS for their “past false, deceptive, and misleading practices of representing that its women’s sports would be exclusively for females to participate in and win, only to turn around and steal awards and recognitions for women by giving them to men competing in women’s events.”
The lawsuit “aims to hold U.S. Masters Swimming accountable to the women that it has harmed and the consumers that it has deceived.”
On July 1, USMS enacted an interim policy which allows gender-confused men to participate in women’s events but bar them from receiving official records, top 10 times, or awards in those categories.
Women’s sports are slowly becoming safe places for women to compete again thanks to Trump’s February executive order banning men, including those who “identify” as female, from participating in women’s sports in order to “protect opportunities for women and girls to compete in safe and fair sports.”
The move comes after studies have repeatedly revealed what almost everyone already knew was true, namely that males have a considerable advantage over women in athletics.
Indeed, a recent study published in Sports Medicine found that a year of “transgender” hormone drugs results in “very modest changes” in the inherent strength advantages of men.
Additionally, male athletes competing in women’s sports are known to be violent, especially towards female athletes who oppose their dominance in women’s sports.
Since then, many sporting organizations have enacted laws to prevent gender-confused men from stealing women’s awards.
Earlier this month, the University of Pennsylvania has announced that they will now bar trans-identifying men from competing in women’s sports and apologize for previously permitting men to compete against women.
This decision marked a decisive victory for women and for American swimmer and women’s rights activist Riley Gaines, who will have her title restored after it was stolen by male swimmer “Lia” Thomas in 2022.
