Gov. Patrick Morrisey (R-WV) urged local officials to keep separate scores for transgender athletes until they can be put in the sports matches of their biological sex by court order.
The participation of 13-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson, a biological male who identifies as a woman, of Bridgeport Senior High School in a sports event triggered backlash from West Virginia’s highest official.
“A boy is currently competing in girls’ sports at the high school state track meet in West Virginia,” Morrisey posted on Facebook. “It’s wrong and unfair. I’m again urging officials to keep separate scores so that the true winners can be awarded once we win in court.”
He pledged to never “stop fighting to protect girls’ sports.”
In April 2021, former West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice,
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