Trans swimmer, 50, competes against and shares locker room with teenage girls: Report

The families of young female swimmers are outraged after a 50-year-old transgender swimmer competed against their teenage daughters and shared a locker room with children.

From Dec. 1 to Dec. 3, Canadian swimmer Melody Wiseheart, a biological male who identifies as female, competed in the 2023 Trojan Cup in Barrie, Ontario, according to a report.

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Among other events, Wiseheart swam in the women’s 1500 freestyle for athletes ages 16 years and older, placing second, at the East Bayfield Community Centre.

Wiseheart also shared a changing facility with fellow competitors of the meet, whose ages ranged from 8 years old and under to 16 years old and above, according to the report.

“It’s all so confusing for the kids,” one parent said. “No one is comfortable. Everybody is accepting of all people, but them swimming against our kids and being in the locker room with them is not appropriate.”

Canada’s governing swimming body, Swimming Canada, said access to changing rooms “is determined by facility/municipality policies in accordance with applicable law.”

“We must comply with both provincial law and municipal policy aligning with the human rights policies on preventing discrimination,” a statement from the body said. “Swim meets are normally conducted in facilities open to the public, and minors routinely share change room space with adults.”

Wiseheart’s December foray into competing against minors is not the first time swimming officials in Canada were pressed about older athletes competing against younger ones, according to the report.

Swimming Ontario “investigated a concern related to an adult competing against swimmers aged 12-14,” the provincial body said in a statement.

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The venue of the competition “acted appropriately in hosting the competition according to Swimming Canada and Swim Ontario policies and procedures, including the Swimming Canada National Registration Procedures and Rules Manual and The Swimming Rules of Swimming Canada.”

Wiseheart reportedly competed in that meet.