Texas Sues US Masters Swimming for Illegally Allowing Men to Compete in Women’s Competition

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against U.S. Masters Swimming (“USMS”) following an investigation that determined USMS has engaged in false, deceptive, and misleading practices by allowing men to compete in women’s events.

In May 2025, Attorney General Paxton launched the investigation after it was reported that U.S. Masters Swimming allowed men to compete against women during the 2025 Spring Nationals swim meet in San Antonio.

“U.S. Masters Swimming’s insane policy of allowing men to participate in women’s competitions is both deeply unfair to female competitors and unlawful,” said Paxton. “The organization has cowered to radical activists pushing gender warfare, and it has deprived female participants of the opportunity to succeed at the highest levels by letting men win countless events. This lawsuit will hold USMS accountable for its actions, and we will continue to fight to protect the integrity of women’s sports.”

Attorney General Paxton’s lawsuit highlights USMS’s past false, deceptive, and misleading practices.

They represented that their women’s sports would be exclusively for females to participate in and win. However, they subsequently took awards and recognitions meant for women and gave them to men competing in women’s events.

The lawsuit aims to hold U.S. Masters Swimming accountable to the women that it has harmed and the consumers that it has deceived.

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