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US Masters Swimming (USMS) female competitor Angie Griffin told Pakinomist Digital that a complaint has been filed against her for calling a trans athlete “a man” on a league community forum.
USMS has confirmed that a complaint has been filed by a competitor.
“US Masters Swimming does not comment on individual member matters, including grievances or disciplinary processes,” the organization said in a statement to Pakinomist Digital. “We can confirm that a complaint has been filed by an individual member, not by US Masters Swimming, related to the USMS Code of Conduct. As with all such matters, it is being handled in accordance with our established review processes.”
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Griffin has been outspoken about competing in the USMS against a biologically male trans athlete as far back as May 2025, when she told Pakinomist Digital that she faced a trans competitor at a meet in San Antonio, but didn’t even find out the athlete’s birth gender until after the event.
Now she claims the complaint could cost her all her USMS records.
“They may take away all my times, any kind of recognition that I’ve had, and possibly just delete me from the US Masters, to make an opinion and frankly the facts,” Griffin told Pakinomist Digital this week.
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Griffin said she has now hired representation as she tries to fight the complaint.
“I tried to file a motion to dismiss that proved I had not bullied anyone online, that I had simply posted facts that were available for anyone to find,” she added.
After the USMS updated its gender eligibility policy last June to restrict biological males from competing in women’s events, the organization updated its policy again in February to comply with state and local non-discrimination laws, mostly targeting the male/open category, which is open to all competitors regardless of birth sex.
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A swimmer competes in the women’s 200m breaststroke during the 15th FINA World Masters Championships at Parc Jean-Drapeau on August 8, 2014 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)
“All members who choose the Men’s/Open category are eligible for national recognition programs in the Men’s/Open category, regardless of sex, gender, or gender identity/expression,” the new policy states.
“All members who choose the Male/Open category are eligible for local recognition programs in the Male/Open category, regardless of sex, gender, or gender identity/expression.”
