Florida Ag Threatens To Sue Us Masters Swimming Over Gender-participation Policy

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier connected Tuesday urged U.S. Masters Swimming to certify it will alteration its gender information argumentation that allows its biologic antheral members to compete against females aliases participate their locker room.

Uthmeier made nan request astatine a news convention and said nan Florida-based statement will look a suit if it fails to comply pinch nan orders. The U.S. Masters Swimming Board of Directors and Rules Committee updated its information guidelines past month.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier speaks during a news convention astatine nan Orlando Office of nan Attorney General connected Tuesday, July 15, 2025, wherever he asserted that U.S. Masters Swimming, a nonprofit successful Florida, should nary longer let transgender athletes to compete against women swimmers  or look ineligible action. (Rich Pope/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

"USMS allows members to registry for nan title class that aligns pinch their gender personality and/or look and to participate successful sanctioned events successful that category," nan caller guidelines stated. 

"However, swimmers will not beryllium included successful Recognition Programs (as defined above) unless they are swimming successful nan title class that aligns pinch their activity assigned astatine commencement aliases they meet nan eligibility requirements" outlined successful its statement.

To beryllium eligible for nan U.S. Masters Swimming’s women’s nickname programs, nan argumentation stated that "Members of nan Female Sex are eligible for Recognition Programs successful nan women's category, sloppy of their gender personality aliases gender expression."

"Members pinch 46 XY DSD whose gender personality aliases gender look is female are eligible for Recognition Programs successful nan women's class if they tin found to USMS's comfortable restitution that their activity assigned astatine commencement is female," nan argumentation added.

GOP LAWMAKER CALLS SJSU'S LATEST CHAPTER IN TRANS ATHLETE CONTROVERSY 'HIGHLY DISTURBING'

Uthmeier said nan argumentation didn’t spell acold enough.

"This is not acceptable and does not alert pinch Florida law," he said, via Fox 35 Orlando. "This is not right. We will usage each instrumentality astatine our disposal… to guarantee that we are protecting women and girls. It still seems insane to maine that we're having this speech successful this country, but we will ever conflict for what's correct successful Florida.

"We're nan authorities that woke goes to die, and that's going to continue. We will ever conflict for what's correct and just."

Fox News Digital reached retired to U.S. Masters Swimming for comment.

U.S. Masters swimming came nether occurrence earlier this twelvemonth erstwhile a transgender swimmer won 5 golden medals successful nan women’s category. 

Women's swimmer Wendy Enderle swims astatine nan 2018 USMS Spring Championship (Courtesy of Wendy Enderle)

Louisiana female and long-time swimmer Wendy Enderle said she revenge nan request for an eligibility reappraisal aft uncovering retired that 1 of nan competitors she has faced for years was transgender.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

Because nan meet successful mobility took spot successful San Antonio, Texas, nan state’s lawyer general, Ken Paxton, launched an investigation into whether nan organization’s polices violated Texas’ user protection laws.

Fox News’ Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports sum connected X and subscribe to nan Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.