Overview

• Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed suit on July 17 alleging USMS violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act by allowing trans-identifying males to win women’s events and is seeking up to $10,000 per violation.
• Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has formally threatened action under state discrimination and public nuisance statutes, demanding policy changes or legal consequences.
• On July 1 USMS adopted an interim policy barring trans-identifying males from women’s category recognition while still permitting their race participation under gender identity guidelines.
• The legal challenges follow an April incident when trans-identifying swimmer Ana Caldas won five women’s age-group titles at the Spring Nationals in San Antonio.
• U.S. Masters Swimming, a nonprofit with about 60,000 adult members, has yet to resolve the pending suits or outline further policy revisions.