“Community” seeks to banish the witch:

Kauai’s Bethany Hamilton is a surfer, author, mother, and shark attack survivor. 

She recently gave birth to her fourth child, competed in the Vans Pipe Masters, and was invited to attend the Oshkosh Women’s Fund’s Annual Power of the Purse event as the keynote speaker in Wisconsin. 

But in light of Hamilton’s stance on transgender athletes, the event’s been met with backlash as community members demand that she be replaced. 

Yeah what stance is that? Does she pile them up and stand on top of them?

The controversy stems from Hamilton’s early 2023 announcement that she would officially withdraw from future World Surf League competitions in response to its policy on allowing transgender athletes to compete.

I bet that’s not what she annnounced. The news media never get this right, so I’m betting they got this one wrong too. As always, the issue is not “transgender athletes” but men in women’s competitions.

In a letter obtained by WLUK-TV, members and allies of Oshkosh’s LGBTQ+community retaliated against the Fund’s decision to select Hamilton as the keynote speaker. In the lengthy letter, protesters explained their decision to boycott Hamilton. While the Fund’s mission is to “improve the lives of women, girls, and all members” of its community, the letter says Hamilton’s views do not. 

Letting men compete in women’s sports does not improve the lives of women and girls. It’s no doubt very nice for the men who do it, but it does no one else any good at all.