US Masters Swimming competitor says her grievance for trans athlete comments has been resolved

U.S. Masters Swimming competitor Angie Griffin says she has been cleared of an unsportsmanlike-conduct grievance that near her wondering for 8 months whether she would beryllium expelled from nan organization, simply for speaking retired against trans athletes successful women's competitions.

But Griffin says she still cannot entree nan organization’s online organization forum—the aforesaid level wherever she sought support for changing its transgender-athlete policy.

"I had nan existent proceeding past month, and successful little than a week, I received nan resolution, which was that I was not recovered blameworthy of unsportsmanlike conduct," Griffin told Fox News Digital.

The grievance stemmed from Griffin’s posts connected nan USMS organization forum, wherever she advocated for aligning nan organization’s eligibility rules much intimately pinch World Aquatics and referred to a transgender competitor arsenic a man. (Simon Bruty/Anychance/Getty Images)

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"It was 8 months of wondering if I was gonna beryllium kicked retired of swimming complete a grievance that should person ne'er been brought up successful nan first place."

The grievance stemmed from Griffin’s posts connected nan USMS organization forum, wherever she advocated for aligning nan organization’s eligibility rules much intimately pinch World Aquatics and referred to a transgender competitor arsenic a man.

USMS antecedently confirmed that an individual member—not nan statement itself—filed a grievance related to its codification of conduct. Griffin said astatine nan clip that nan lawsuit could person resulted successful nan removal of her swimming times and honors aliases her expulsion from USMS.

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That threat is now gone, Griffin said.

Her forum regularisation is not.

"Unfortunately, I’m still banned from utilizing nan U.S. Masters organization forum, which is nan only spot I tin perchance talk argumentation alteration pinch immoderate different members," Griffin said. "I’m really upset astir it because I was cleared of nan wrongdoing, and I’m still not allowed backmost successful nan 1 spot wherever members tin talk nan policy."

"I’ve been silenced, basically," she added. "The forum’s nan only measurement to scope different members astir nan state astir argumentation issues."

Griffin emerged arsenic a professional of USMS aft competing against a transgender athlete astatine nan organization’s 2025 Spring National Championship successful San Antonio. Griffin antecedently said she did not study nan competitor’s commencement activity until aft nan meet.

The controversy prompted aggravated scrutiny of nan organization’s eligibility rules. USMS introduced an interim argumentation connected July 1, 2025, earlier revising it again connected Feb. 21, 2026.

Under nan existent policy, swimmers whitethorn participate successful nan title class corresponding pinch their gender personality aliases expression. However, swimmers seeking nationalist nickname successful nan women’s category—including records, Top 10 rankings and All-American aliases All-Star honors—must certify that they were female astatine birth.

Local awards and scoring tin beryllium handled otherwise successful jurisdictions pinch nondiscrimination laws requiring nickname based connected gender identity.

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Griffin contends nan argumentation still fails to protect nan women’s title class because it allows biologic males to title straight against female swimmers, moreover erstwhile they are ineligible for definite nationalist honors.

She cited a caller Minnesota Masters authorities title wherever she said a transgender jock swept a women’s age-group category. Griffin said galore USMS members stay unaware of really often nan organization’s argumentation has changed aliases what its existent rules allow.

"One of my teammates who feels nan aforesaid measurement I do astir nan argumentation was astatine a meet down south, and she was shocked that truthful galore members, women and men alike, had nary thought that they had changed nan argumentation 3 times since past year, aliases that they were moreover still allowing men to aquatics against women," Griffin said.