Surfer Bethany Hamilton Vows to Boycott World Surf League Events Over Transgender Policies

Surfer Bethany Hamilton Vows to Boycott World Surf League Events Over Transgender Policies
US surfer Bethany Hamilton competes in the Outerknown Fiji Women's Pro surfing competition in Tavarua, Fiji on May 31, 2017. Tom Servais/AFP via Getty Images
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Surfer Bethany Hamilton says she will boycott professional surfing events that allow male-to-female transgender athletes to compete.

Hamilton, who lost an arm to a shark attack in 2003 and whose comeback story inspired the movie “Soul Surfer,” said recently that she won’t compete if the World Surf League persists with its new policy that lets transgender surfers who have low testosterone levels to compete in women’s divisions.

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