An Orange County surf competition organizer said transgender athlete Sasha Jane Lowerson couldn't compete in the women's division, but changed course after the California Coastal Commission intervened.
Sasha Jane Lowerson just wanted to surf. But when the Australian longboard surfer attempted to enter an upcoming competition in Huntington Beach, the athlete, who was born intersex, learned that the organizer wasn't going to allow transgender athletes. Instead, surfers would be required to enter the category of the gender they were assigned at birth, the organizer said in a video posted to Instagram last month.
policy, which was updated last year, states that a transgender woman may participate in a women's event if she provides a written declaration saying she identifies as a woman and tells the organization's medical commission that her testosterone level has been below a certain concentration in the last 12 months. Lowerson wrote online that she meets all requirements for her to compete in the women's category.
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