Women's disc golfer refuses to face transgender competitor, days after fencer kneels in protest

California high school athlete Taylor Starling and her attorney, Julianne Fleischer, joined 'America's Newsroom' to discuss the fight to protect women's sports and where voters stand in the transgender athlete debate. 

A video of women's disc golfer Abigail Wilson refusing to face a transgender opponent went viral on Friday, prompting praise from women's sports rights activists.

The incident came just days after Fox News Digital reported that women's fencer Stephanie Turner had refused to face a transgender opponent at a competition in Maryland, prompting global awareness and criticism against USA Fencing. 

Wilson's refusal to face the trans athlete came on Friday in Nashville, Tennessee, at the MVP Music City Open, which is an event that is officially sanctioned by the Disc Golf Pro Tour and the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA). When her name was called to step up to compete, she walked up to the tee box, wound up her toss, and flung her arm forward, but didn't let go of the disc. Then she turned around to explain why. 

"Females must be protected in our division!" Wilson yelled to the crowd. "This is unfair. I refuse to play!" 

Wilson then took her belongings and walked away. 

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Later on Friday, she shared the footage of her protest in an Instagram video. 

"Today I refused to play at the Music City Open. Females deserve to have their gender protected division be protected. This is unfair. I have worked so hard to get to this point to play on the DGPT, but the sacrifice of my career and my hard work is worth it if it means I can make a difference for other women, daughters, nieces, and the future of our sport. If you feel how wrong it is to have biological