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Transgender wrestler Mack Beggs wins Texas girls title again
Transgender boy wins girls’ state wrestling title for second time
When year-old Mack Beggs won the Texas girls state wrestling championship for the second year in row, it caused quite a stir. Mack Beggs is transgender and identifies as male. He is a high school wrestler. Trans via Instagram. As The Washington Post notes, Beggs has been in the process of transitioning for a few years now. And in that process, he takes low-level testosterone injections. He has critics and supporters.
Transgender boy wins girls’ state wrestling title for second time
Mack Beggs, an year-old senior from Euless Trinity High School near Dallas, entered the tournament in Cypress outside of Houston with an undefeated record. He beat Chelsea Sanchez — who he beat for the title in — in the final match on Saturday. Beggs is in the process of transitioning from female to male and taking a low-dose of testosterone. It was his steroid therapy treatments while wrestling girls that stirred a fierce debate about competitive fairness and transgender rights last season. His march to a state championship was dogged by a last-minute lawsuit that tried to stop him.
February 25, am Updated February 26, pm. Mack Beggs, an year-old senior from Euless Trinity High School near Dallas, entered the tournament in Cypress outside Houston with an undefeated record. He beat Chelsea Sanchez — whom he beat for the title in — in the final match Saturday. Beggs is in the process of transitioning from female to male and taking a low dose of testosterone. It was his steroid therapy treatments while wrestling girls that stirred a fierce debate about competitive fairness and transgender rights last season.