{"id":2081832,"date":"2023-10-27T20:19:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T00:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/swimming-competition-permits-man-50-to-compete-against-13-year-old-girls-then-tries-to-deny-it\/"},"modified":"2023-10-27T20:22:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T00:22:12","slug":"swimming-competition-permits-man-50-to-compete-against-13-year-old-girls-then-tries-to-deny-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/swimming-competition-permits-man-50-to-compete-against-13-year-old-girls-then-tries-to-deny-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Man, 50, allowed to compete against 13-year-old girls in swimming competition, but later attempts to deny it."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fswimming-competition-permits-man-50-to-compete-against-13-year-old-girls-then-tries-to-deny-it%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2081832&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Regional Swimming Competition Allows 50-Year-Old Man to Compete \u200cAgainst 13-Year-Old\u2062 Girls, Then Tries to Deny It<\/h2>\n<p>A \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/swimming-competition-permits-man-50-to-compete-against-13-year-old-girls-then-tries-to-deny-it\/\" title=\"Man, 50, allowed to compete against 13-year-old girls in swimming competition, but later attempts to deny it.\">recent \u200cswimming competition<\/a> in Canada has sparked\u2062 controversy after\u200b a \u200c50-year-old man who claims to be transgender was \u2062allowed to race against \u200d13- \u200band 14-year-old girls. The incident took\u200c place at Toronto&#8217;s Markham Pan \u2064Am Centre during the Richmond Hill Aquatic Centre&#8217;s Fall Classic\u2064 swim meet.<\/p>\n<p>The swimmer, who competed under the name &#8220;Melody Wiseheart,&#8221; was listed\u200b as 50 years old on the\u2063 meet program. However, it was later revealed that\u2062 &#8220;Melody Wiseheart&#8221;\u200d is actually a male-born \u200dtransgender\u200b swimmer named Nicholas J. Cepeda.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Melody Wiseheart (50 year\u2062 old male) \u2064was able to \u2064identify as\u2063 a\u2063 girl and swim with 13\u2062 year old girls <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GCeGF1gAsT\">pic.twitter.com\/GCeGF1gAsT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1717509975235240128?\">October 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When questioned about the decision to allow Cepeda to compete against teenagers, the organizers initially denied his participation. \u2064However, they later\u2063 admitted that he did compete in the\u2062 category against 13- and 14-year-old\u2063 girls after being shown a printed copy \u2064of the \u200bswim \u2063meet&#8217;s roster.<\/p>\n<p>Swimming Canada, the governing body for swimming in the region, stated that\u200c swimmers are allowed to compete\u2062 as their \u200cdeclared gender. They also emphasized that organizers of\u200d each \u2064competition set the age categories.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the controversy, Cepeda&#8217;s participation was defended by \u200csome, while others, such as former NCAA swimming champion \u2062Riley\u2063 Gaines, expressed their dismay.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Move over transgender\u2026trans age is the next\u2064 new \u2063thing <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PQUIQwrgqc\">https:\/\/t.co\/PQUIQwrgqc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2063 Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riley_Gaines_\/status\/1717026430213558358?\">October 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It is worth noting that\u200b Cepeda is a professor in the psychology department at Toronto&#8217;s York University, where he \u200dis listed under the name &#8220;Dr. Melody Wiseheart.&#8221; He \u200cspecializes in various fields, including \u200caging, children, youth, and cognitive \u2063processes.<\/p>\n<p>While \u200cthe controversy surrounding Cepeda&#8217;s participation continues, it remains unclear whether \u200bhe was allowed to use the girls&#8217; locker room for the swim meet.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>A Note from Our Staff:<\/h3>\n<p><em><b>Did you know that \u206490 percent of advertisers will \u200bhave nothing to do with The Western Journal?\u200d The \u2062liberal\u2062 elites have put \u2062us on one of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/people-see-wholesome-overseas-mcdonalds-ad-realize-what-the-companys-doing-here\/\" title=\"Overseas McDonald's ad reveals company's true intentions\">financial kill lists<\/a>.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They did it\u2062 because we&#8217;ve told the truth and spoken out against them for over a decade. 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