Bethany Hamilton's Transgender Remark Sparks Boycott of Women's Event
Newsweek reached out to Hamilton via social media for comment.Over the past several months, there has been ongoing controversy surrounding the inclusion of transgender individuals into different sports categories.
At least 20 U.S. states have imposed legislation that bans transgender women from competing in female sports categories, with many conservatives arguing that transgender women have an advantage over biological females.The letter sent by community members said that the decision by the Women's Fund of the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation to name Hamilton as a speaker "contradicts their mission statement.""A decision to platform and promote a self-avowed trans-exclusionist is an unacceptable choice for any organization to make, but most especially a community-funded nonprofit that claims to be supportive of 'all women and girls,'" the letter said. "Either the Women's Fund does not believe that transgender women and girls qualify for inclusion in their (evidently limited and conditional) definition of 'all,' or they have decided it is more financially lucrative to consider them expendable."Newsweek reached out to the Women's Fund of the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation via email for comment.Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground.Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground..
