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A Texas transgender teenager made headlines again for capturing his second consecutive high school wrestling championship in a girls' division, despite his efforts to compete according to his gender identity. Mack Beggs, who a few years ago began the process of transitioning from female to male, repeated as the state girls' Class 6A champion for the 110-pound division on 24 February 2018. He has asked to compete in the boys' division but because of a rule passed in 2016 by the University Interscholastic League, which governs high school athletics in the state, he is required to wrestle against girls. The rule states: Numerous legitimate media outlets covered Beggs's latest win, including the Associated Press -- a wire service with reporters all over the world. Although none of these outlets have been known to invent false stories, readers wrote in to question the veracity of the reports. The teen first entered the national spotlight after winning the 2017 Class 6A tournament, when he criticized President Donald Trump's administration for withdrawing a guidance to schools directing them to allow students to use restrooms according to their gender identity. Beggs said in February 2017: Beggs was also critical of the rule barring him from competing against other boys, saying:
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