Our Founding Fathers would not have recognized today’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-protects-womens-sports-in-landmark-ruling">Supreme Court ruling</a>, which upheld bans on transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports. After many pen strokes on parchment, what would later become the most powerful nation the world has ever seen laid its foundation on one word: liberty.
Liberty is the means to pursue happiness, and thus we were given the Declaration’s most famous phrase. But the Declaration doesn’t promise happiness; it protects its pursuit. Liberty never meant “I get whatever I want.” It has always meant “I am free until that freedom unjustly burdens or harms someone else.” Liberty must be balanced with responsibility. And that’s why today’s decision isn’t simply about sports. It’s about whether one person’s identity can override another’s rights.
The nation’s highest court didn’t create a new principle — it reaffirmed an old one. Rights often conflict. When they do, justice must prevail. Girls deserve equal opportunity, privacy, safety, and fair competition. And no one’s liberty can be protected by a society that refuses to acknowledge reality.
I’m not a founding father, but I am a girl dad. And every dad understands this instinctively. I don’t hate boys (I have two sons). I simply love my daughters. They deserve to compete fairly for scholarships and championships without having to share a bathroom with a boy. Liberty does not permit another child to take their opportunities. One of their classmate’s freedoms can’t erase their rights.
But there is another victim in this debate. The Left likes to claim that conservatives hate transgender individuals. I certainly don’t. I treat each one I meet with the same dignity I afford others. I believe many are suffering, and political slogans only fail them. You can despise an ideology without despising the person trapped inside it.
Where else in society do we not offer healing to those who are suffering? This is where “truth” gets in the way. We now hear phrases on debate stages such as “my truth” and “your truth.” But truth isn’t subjective. And truth is often framed as the opposition to compassion. But truth makes compassion possible. Without an honest diagnosis, there can never be real treatment.
We don’t buy the alcoholic a beer. We help him find a rehab facility. We don’t tell anorexic people to lose another twenty pounds. We help them shift their perception. A compassionate doctor doesn’t hide a diagnosis. He delivers the truth because that is the first step in the healing process. In every example, pursuing the former remedy results in greater suffering. The most compassionate thing we can do as Americans is help our neighbors reconcile with reality rather than conform to their suffering.
But it is the former approach that our media and corporations continue to employ. When ESPN reports that the Supreme Court “upheld state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletics teams,” or that dozens of states “have adopted bans on female transgender athletes,” it is rejecting the compassionate truth. “Transgender girls” and “female transgender athletes” are boys. When one sees his identity confirmed by our most prominent institutions, it affirms “his truth.”
Instead of asking, “How do we help people become comfortable in the bodies God blessed them with?” these institutions ask, “How do we persuade everyone else to participate in the identity they’ve adopted?” Affirmation is never treatment.
This is where conservatives have a tremendous opportunity to not just be known as the defenders of truth but as the people most willing to help those living through this struggle. It is well known how the Left panders to groups like this (and others) to win votes. But winning someone’s identity isn’t the same as winning the person. And there are a lot of hurting people.
But, like everything, this transcends politics. The Supreme Court shouldn’t have to fix natural truths. In fact, it should never make it past the dinner table. It should never make it out of the Church walls. It should never make it to the school pickup line. Parents first, but pastors, teachers, and citizens alike can play a role in identifying, helping, responding, and intervening. It’s the compassionate thing to do.
I want my daughters to inherit an America where girls can be girls — fairly. I also want every young person struggling with their gender to get the appropriate help. Washington, Jefferson, and Madison gifted us a nation built on ordered liberty, not limitless self-definition. The challenge before us is not choosing between truth and compassion but refusing to surrender either in our pursuit of happiness.
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Gates Garcia is the host of the YouTube show and podcast &#8220;We The People.&#8221; Follow him on Instagram and X @GatesGarciaFL.

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American Daughters Should Inherit A Country Where Girls Can Be Girls — Fairly

DW Opinion

female sports

gender dysphoria

Liberty

Supreme Court

Transgender Athletes

This Saturday, AB Hernandez will compete at the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) state preliminaries, one more win away from the state finals. The girls lining up beside him have trained for years for this moment. Some of them have been training their whole lives. And the thing that strikes me is that I know exactly what it feels like to watch that work become irrelevant because an institution decided it did not matter.
Hernandez is fresh from a clean sweep in all three jumping events at the CIF Southern Section finals, winning the high jump, long jump, and triple jump against the top girls in Southern California. Photos of the medal ceremony went viral, and you can see why. The CIF implemented a &#8220;pilot program&#8221; that awarded any female athlete who finished behind Hernandez a one-spot promotion, meaning some girls shared the podium&#8217;s top spot with him; two first-place plaques were awarded for one first-place finish. California&#8217;s solution to the male athletic advantage is not to address the advantage. It is to redefine the word &#8220;winner.&#8221;
Here is what that pilot program cannot fix. It cannot give back to the girls who finished 2nd through 4th their actual placement. It cannot give the girl who would have placed first a solo podium moment she earned. It cannot undo the fact that Hernandez, a high school student competing in a California sectional meet, posted results that would have medaled in two events at the 1960 OLYMPICS. His long jump of 20&#8217;4.75&#8243; converts to 6.22 meters. The bronze medal at Rome that year went to a woman who jumped 6.21. His high jump of 1.78 meters places him above the mark that earned a silver medal among the best female athletes on the planet. A kid competing at a California high school track meet is clearing marks that would have put him on an Olympic podium against some of the greatest women in the history of the sport. These are not girls&#8217; high school results. They are elite women&#8217;s Olympic results, being posted against teenagers in a sectional final. No participation trophy reshuffles that math.
It is time to be honest about what happened to my teammates and me on the University of Pennsylvania swim team, and what is happening now to girls in California who have no more power to change it than we did. We were told that men in women’s sports was non-negotiable. These girls are being told the same thing, just with nicer packaging. A co-championship ribbon is still a consolation prize. Calling it &#8220;equity&#8221; does not change what it is.
Governor Gavin Newsom&#8217;s office put out a statement last week calling the outcry from distressed parents a &#8220;cynical attempt to weaponize this debate as an excuse to vilify individual kids.&#8221; The people holding &#8220;Save Girls’ Sports&#8221; signs at that meet are not there because they want to vilify anyone. They are there because their daughters trained through 5 a.m. practices, sacrificed weekends, and poured years into a shot at a podium that is now being handed to someone with a Y chromosome. That is not vilification. That is a mother at a track meet, watching her daughter lose something real, and being told by the governor of California that the problem is her attitude. California passed Assembly Bill 1266 in 2013 and has had over a decade to watch exactly what happens when male athletes compete in female divisions. The results are not ambiguous.
The CIF preliminaries are this Saturday. If Hernandez advances, the state finals begin May 29 in Clovis. Every girl in those jumping events has a name, a personal record, and a coach who believed in her. None of them chose to compete in this situation. None of them has a governor going to bat for them. What they have is a &#8220;pilot program&#8221; and a shared podium, and the quiet, maddening knowledge that the institution responsible for protecting their competitive opportunities decided that was good enough.
It is not good enough. It was not good enough for my competitors and me when we were forced to compete alongside an elite biological male, and it is not good enough in California. They just keep finding new girls to lie to.
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Paula Scanlan is a senior fellow at American Principles Project and a former member of the UPenn women’s swim team.

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Gavin Newsom Wants Your Daughters To Lose

California

Gavin Newsom

High school sports

In a<a href="https://x.com/i/status/2040955108784021774"> recent episode of her podcast</a>, Megan Rapinoe, the<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/megan-rapinoe-rips-iocs-new-policy-protect-womens-sports-rejects-notion-rule-based-science"> former co-captain of the U.S. National team</a>, railed against the IOC for a decision to protect women’s sports for female athletes by requiring a cheek swab for sex screening.
This traitorous position is now a deliberate choice by Rapinoe, Bird, and others like them. Now that their professional athletic careers are over, they have become henchwomen for men intent on blowing up the safeguarding boundaries young female athletes need in sports and in locker rooms.
It’s time to recognize that athletes like Rapinoe and Bird have lost touch with reality. When you undermine the fundamental principle that women and girls deserve their own protected sports category, you forfeit any credibility you once had as a voice in women’s sports. Their own careers and platforms are entirely due to the women who carved out space for female athletes, but now hypocritically advocate to destroy the safety and opportunities they enjoyed.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently made a policy statement affirming that women in sports deserve fairness, safety, and integrity. They recognize that screening for eligibility in competition is a necessary step to ensure women can compete on a level playing field. There is nothing controversial about that. Nothing.
We use scales to determine eligibility for weight categories. We use drug testing to ensure fairness across all categories. We require detailed physicals and medical assessments for para categories. We verify age for age-group competition. Screening for the male SRY gene through a quick and simple cheek swab is among the least invasive eligibility checks in sport.
Rapinoe, however, took issue with this decision, calling it “really hateful.” Her wife and podcast guest, former WNBA player Sue Bird, emphatically agreed, nodding along with each claim.
Rapinoe is correct in one respect: the decision is intended to “ultimately prevent people from competing in the women’s category that they feel have an unfair advantage.” Those individuals are male. The “people” the IOC is finally working to exclude from women’s sports are men, who possess inherent biological advantages.
The IOC’s screening focuses on the SRY gene, which is necessary for the development of male testes. If you have the SRY gene, you almost certainly undergo male development. Male athletes like<a href="https://www.hungarianconservative.com/articles/current/imane-khelif-y-chromosome-testosterone-paris-olympics-gold-medal-boxing/"> Imane Khelif</a> and Caster Semenya have made the rounds on public television after seizing Olympic glory and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/01/angela-carini-abandons-fight-after-46-seconds-against-imane-khelif">causing physical harm to the women they </a>face in competition. Semenya’s statement that his “<a href="https://www.facebook.com/JustStraightTalking/videos/caster-semenya-my-testicles-dont-make-me-less-of-a-womanwhats-your-viewmalcolm-j/1917128098910153/">testicles do not make [me] less of a woman</a>” has been widely cited.
We now understand that these male athletes are not isolated cases but two of dozens and dozens at the elite level. This has been a major scandal in women&#8217;s sports, and one that the IOC is finally trying to make right. It’s a return to common sense and a recognition that women absolutely deserve fair competition apart from men.
Megan Rapinoe&#8217;s suggestion that we cannot figure out what a woman is is crazy and simply untrue. She knows firsthand the performance differences between men and women and the effects of sex on athletic outcomes. It was her team, after all, who<a href="https://nypost.com/2023/11/10/sports/uswnt-star-carli-lloyd-admits-to-losing-to-u-15-boys-team/"> lost to a group of boys</a> playing for a U-15 team. If professional women athletes lose to a bunch of 15-year-olds, what chance would the women have against grown men? Her former co-captain, Carli Lloyd, <a href="https://x.com/CarliLloyd/status/1722578947181830432">rightfully defended the loss</a> by noting that the size difference between the boys and the women all but guaranteed the youth team’s victory. “They should beat us. Bigger, stronger, faster!”
This isn’t hard. Eligibility screening for the women’s category is necessary. The real issue now is ensuring these protections extend beyond elite sport. Women and girls should not have to reach the Olympic level to be treated fairly. SRY gene screening should be implemented at every level.
Young girls who love sports deserve the chance to dream, compete, and succeed without being measured against a male standard. The IOC’s decision to deliver women’s sports back to women is the beginning of the end to this utter nonsense, and we’re leaving the traitors of women, like Rapinoe and Bird, in our dust.
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Kim Jones and Marshi Smith are former NCAA athletes and the co-founders of ICONS, or Independent Council on Women&#8217;s Sports, a network and advocacy group comprised of current and former collegiate and professional women athletes, their families, and supporters.

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WASHINGTON—Lainey Armistead’s first-ever trip to the Supreme Court will be to watch her own case, a high-stakes legal fight that will determine whether states have the right to keep gender-confused men from dominating women’s sports.
Armistead, a former women’s collegiate soccer player, is fighting for West Virginia’s “Save Women’s Sports” law, which barred transgender-identifying males from participating in women&#8217;s sports. The fight over the law will come to a head Tuesday as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on West Virginia’s law and a similar measure out of Idaho.
“I just am baffled that a girl from Kentucky who went to school and at a smaller school in West Virginia would have the opportunity to be heard,” Armistead told The Daily Wire. “By them taking up this case, they&#8217;ve told me and all the other girls that we matter and that we&#8217;re important.”
Armistead was the captain of West Virginia State University women’s soccer team and played from 2019-2022 as transgender sports debate intensified across the nation. During that time, the debate rose to a fevered pitch as University of Pennsylvania transgender-identifying male swimmer Lia Thomas won a national championship title in the 500-yard freestyle in March 2022 over female swimmers.
“I never imagined that this would be something that would be going to the Supreme Court,” Armistead said. “I&#8217;m really excited to have the opportunity to stand up for women&#8217;s safety and fairness. I had the opportunity that I had from Title IX. It&#8217;s never been abstract for me.”
Armistead joined the legal fight to defend West Virginia’s law in September 2021, becoming an intervenor in the case after hearing of female athletes in Connecticut losing to a male athlete competing as a woman.
“I heard about the girls in Connecticut who were robbed and were displaced on their podiums and missed out on opportunities due to men taking their place, and it really riled me up,” she said. “Whenever I heard about what West Virginia was doing, I felt that I had a responsibility to stand up for fairness and safety.”
The justices will hear two different sets of oral arguments on Tuesday, in the cases of West Virginia v. BPJ and Little v. Hecox. The result of the cases will determine whether 27 states can keep laws in place keeping men out of women’s sports, and could impact laws protecting women’s privacy in bathrooms and other spaces.
The question <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/qp/24-00043qp.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">presented</a> in the West Virginia case is whether Title IX, a measure that prohibits sex-based discrimination in education and related activities, prevents a state from keeping males out of women&#8217;s sports. It also asks whether the Constitution&#8217;s Equal Protection Clause limits states’ ability to designate sports teams on the basis of sex.
The Idaho case is <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/qp/24-00038qp.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">focused primarily</a> on the Equal Protection question, not the Title IX issue. Idaho became the first state in the country to pass a women’s sports protection bill in 2019 after a series of stories began trickling out of male athletes winning track and field competitions at the high school and collegiate level.
Idaho’s law was blocked at the federal district and appeals court level after a group of gender-confused athletes sued to block the law. West Virginia won its case at the federal district court level, but lost at appeals after a similar lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union.
Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador said that the lower courts ignored the obvious biological differences between men and women.
&#8220;Males on average possess physical advantages and competitive athletics that begin before puberty and only intensify after puberty. And those advantages are not eliminated by testosterone suppression after male development. The Ninth Circuit departed from settled law by redefining sex to include gender identity,&#8221; he said during a press call on Thursday.
While both cases will have separate oral arguments, the Supreme Court is expected to issue a joint opinion that will address both cases.
Both states are being represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom, which helped to craft the women’s sports legislation. Jonathan Scruggs, a lawyer with ADF, said that ultimately the justices will be considering the “what is a woman?” question.
&#8220;Does your identity and the fact that you take certain medical treatments make you a woman, or is it rooted in biology? And that is something that the Supreme Court is just gonna have to face,” he told The Daily Wire.
The ACLU has argued that a person’s so-called “gender-identity” should be included in the definition of sex for purposes of federal discrimination law. They point to the Supreme Court’s decision in Bostock v. Clayton, which included gender identity in the definition of sex for purposes of employment.
More recently though, the court ruled 6-3 in United States v. Skrmetti that Tennessee and other states had the right to protect kids from transgender procedures. The court rejected arguments that shielding kids from transgender medical interventions violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution.
“What matters more? Identity or biology?  That&#8217;s the key issue of the case. And the ACLU is pushing that identity plus hormone treatment make you a woman effectively,” Scruggs said. “Our argument is no, that biology matters, it matters in sports, it matters in reality.”
The Trump administration is set to argue in favor of West Virginia and Idaho and has taken a strong stance on cracking down on transgender ideology.
While much of the debate before the court will be about abstract legal issues, the invasion of males into female sports has been tangible for hundreds of women across the country. A recent report from the United Nations <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trans-identifying-males-are-cleaning-up-in-female-sports-this-un-report-quantifies-the-damage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> that transgender-identifying athletes had taken away at least 890 medals from female athletes.
In Connecticut, female track and field athletes Selina Soule, Alanna Smith, and Chelsea Mitchell lost out on at least 90 opportunities to advance or medal in an event, thanks to the participation of male athletes, Alliance Defending Freedom lawyer Matt Sharp said. ADF currently has a <a href="https://adflegal.org/case/soule-v-connecticut-association-schools/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> against the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference for allowing males into female sports.
“The moment you say one man can be on a women&#8217;s team, you&#8217;re saying that every single spot on that team can now be held by a man. You could have an all-man, women&#8217;s basketball team,” Sharp said.
Apart from the fair competition issues, Tuesday&#8217;s cases could have wide-reaching implications for women’s privacy in other spaces like bathrooms or shelters.
Adaleia Cross is a former West Virginia track and field athlete who lost out on a spot to compete in a championship because a male athlete known as “BPJ” had joined her team due to his gender-identity. According to Alliance Defending Freedom, BPJ has beaten 423 girls 1100 times and deprived them of 57 medals.
Cross says that BPJ not only took away athletic opportunities, but also made “sexual remarks” to her and other female athletes in the locker room they shared.
“B.P.J. regularly outperformed A.C. and other girls on the field, changed clothes in the girls’ locker room, and made sexual remarks to A.C. and her teammates,” a <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24-43/322536/20240815105603417_24-43_A.C.%20amicus%20brief.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">court filing</a> from Cross said.
Adaelia&#8217;s mom, Abby, previously alleged that BPJ made comments in the female locker room like “suck my d**k,” and “I’m going to stick my d**k in your p***y and also in your ass.”
The ACLU has denied the allegations.
&#8220;Our client and her mother deny these allegations and the school district investigated the allegations reported to the school by A.C. and found them to be unsubstantiated. We remain committed to defending the rights of all students under Title IX, including the right to a safe and inclusive learning environment free from harassment and discrimination,&#8221; the organization <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/top-dems-silent-after-trans-athlete-backed-scotus-case-accused-sexual-harassment-intimidation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News.
Sharp said if states are not allowed to pass laws recognizing biological reality, the foundation of American society could be shaken.
“When you ignore biological reality, it&#8217;s not just the playing field. It&#8217;s in locker rooms, it&#8217;s in restrooms. It&#8217;s in medicine, as we saw in Skrmetti,&#8221; he said. &#8220;There are young women and girls that are tragically harmed when we ignore this.&#8221;
Armistead recognized this fact and said she was very grateful that West Virginia acted to protect women’s spaces. Excited to show up to court on Tuesday, Armistead said the case was about the chance to stand up for the truth.
“It&#8217;s a monumental and exciting day. And I just have been counting down the days to go in and see something that is going to be historical,” she said. “I am so hopeful for the outcome and hopeful that the Supreme Court will protect women and girls.”

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Lia Thomas

An Olympic silver medalist is no longer staying quiet. After MyKayla Skinner&#8217;s former USA Gymnastics teammate, Simone Biles, attacked Riley Gaines this summer, she is not afraid to speak out anymore.
&#8220;We shouldn&#8217;t let transgender men be in women&#8217;s sports. How can you be one of the best athletes in the world and think that it&#8217;s okay for that to happen? They&#8217;re literally not competing because they don&#8217;t want to go up against a man,&#8221; she told The Daily Wire.
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Skinner is now calling on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ban transgender athletes.
&#8220;I hope that they make a change and that it does happen. Because it&#8217;s not fair, it&#8217;s not right. It&#8217;s just sad to think that we even have to vote on this. Us women work so hard, especially being in the Olympics,&#8221; Skinner added.
The IOC, under its new president, <a href="https://x.com/iocmedia/status/1938227406805880959?s=20">Kirsty Coventry</a>, created a Working Group on the protection of the female category this summer. An IOC spokesperson told The Daily Wire that a final decision on banning men from the women&#8217;s category has yet to be reached.
&#8220;An update was given by the IOC’s Director of Health, Medicine and Science to the IOC Members during the recent IOC commission meetings,&#8221; the spokesperson said. &#8220;The working group is continuing its discussions on this topic and no decisions have been taken yet. Further information will be provided in due course.”
Skinner said having discussions on whether men should compete in the Olympics against women is &#8220;mind-blowing.&#8221;
&#8220;It shouldn&#8217;t even be an issue. I couldn&#8217;t imagine having to compete against a male and getting medals stripped,&#8221; The Olympian continued. &#8220;Especially having a daughter, she&#8217;s gonna be raised in this next generation, and I want her to have an even playing field like I had. Like we all had on the Olympic team.&#8221;
During the 2024 Olympics, the IOC dismissed gender tests for Imane Khelif as not legitimate. The Algerian boxer came under scrutiny for competing in the women&#8217;s category, winning gold, even though an independent analysis in 2023 revealed a &#8220;male karyotype,&#8221; according to <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/boxing/2025/06/01/imane-khelif-medical-report-proves-biological-male/">The Telegraph</a>.
Since then, other sports organizations have required sex testing to ensure fair competition. In August, <a href="https://worldboxing.org/world-boxing-confirms-mandatory-sex-testing-will-apply-in-the-female-category-at-the-inaugural-world-boxing-championships-2025/">World Boxing</a> announced mandatory sex testing for boxers wanting to compete in their competitions. Khelif has refused to take the test and appealed the rule. He hasn&#8217;t boxed in a World Boxing event since the testing was put in place.
&#8220;Watching the last Olympics, it was just so crazy that we&#8217;re experiencing this,&#8221; Skinner said. &#8220;We&#8217;re watching it, we&#8217;re witnessing it, it just shouldn&#8217;t be happening. We shouldn&#8217;t have to be competing against trans biological men. Girls need to have a safe place. That&#8217;s what I want for my daughter and the next generation to have.&#8221;
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Coventry, the first female IOC President, wasn&#8217;t in power in 2024, but since being elected, she has said she wants fair competition.
“There was overwhelming support from all of the Members who were present here, and those who were able to share with us before they left, that we should <a href="https://www.olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-president-coventry-announces-two-working-groups-to-strengthen-future-host-election-process-and-protection-of-the-female-category">protect the female category,</a>&#8221; Coventry said.
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Republican Senator John Cornyn urged the IOC to make its decision before the 2026 Winter Olympics in February.
&#8220;As the IOC continues its deliberations, this issue has become a global policy concern and a question of athletic integrity,&#8221; Cornyn said. &#8220;In the United States, President Trump honored his unwavering commitment to women and girls with the issuance of Executive Order 14201: Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports. His action reaffirmed the longstanding belief that women’s sports must be preserved for biological females.&#8221;
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While the IOC deliberates, Skinner wants more athletes to publicly state that men should not be in women&#8217;s sports.
&#8220;I would love to see more athletes, my Olympic teammates, Team USA National Team members, join this fight and stand up, because I didn&#8217;t have to go through this. If this is something that you&#8217;re really passionate about, just find the courage deep down inside, and just speak up.&#8221;
It took Skinner longer than she would like to admit to speak out on this issue. She was scared of being canceled, but said the amount of support she&#8217;s received has been overwhelmingly more than hate.
&#8220;I feel like I can finally use my platform to do something good. That&#8217;s the most important thing to me. I hope by showing that, it will really give all these athletes the courage to do the same.&#8221;
The IOC told The Daily Wire that no date has been set to vote on a transgender ban.

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WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump’s administration enforces his executive order protecting women’s sports and spaces, several school districts and universities across the nation may soon come under fire for allowing males to compete as women or use female locker rooms. 
Now, a new <a href="https://americanparentscoalition.org/map/">tracking map</a> first obtained by The Daily Wire might offer the administration even more fodder for investigations. 
The interactive map provided by the American Parents Coalition documents instances across the United States where males have been granted access to female spaces, including sports teams, bathrooms, and locker rooms. The incidents tracked range from transgender-identifying males competing on women’s sports teams to young girls being forced to change in front of males at local gyms. 
At least 24 states have failed to maintain female-only spaces, the American Parents Coalition found. Incidents have not only taken place in deep blue states like California and New York, but also GOP-dominated states like Georgia, Missouri, Florida, and Texas. 
&#8220;Gender activists have attempted to normalize radical gender ideology at the expense of biological reality, fairness, and privacy. American parents have dealt with the fallout, seeing boys in their daughters’ sports, locker rooms, and private spaces at schools and also organizations like the YMCA,” Alleigh Marré told The Daily Wire. 
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The incidents cited by the American Parents Coalition range from college athletics to parents taking their children to the local YMCA. 
One of the incidents in March 2022 from <a href="https://americanparentscoalition.org/state/georgia/">Georgia</a> helped launch a conservative push to keep transgender-identifying males out of women’s sports. The incident in question involved male swimmer Lia Thomas tying for fifth place with Riley Gaines at the 200-meter NCAA Division 1 women’s swimming championships in Atlanta. Thomas was awarded a fifth-place trophy while Gaines was told she would receive one later. 
In another incident included on the interactive map, a parent <a href="https://fox4kc.com/news/nkc-police-investigating-after-report-of-indecent-exposure-at-ymca/">reported</a> that her 7-year-old daughter was exposed to a naked man while at their local YMCA in Kansas City, Missouri. The mother said that the man claimed to be a woman after being questioned about what he was doing in the women’s changing area. 
Other incidents took place in school districts across the country — from California’s Riverside County to Minnesota&#8217;s Hennepin County to Florida’s Broward County — as male athletes identifying as transgender competed against females. 
More incidents will be added to the map, and parents are encouraged to submit tips to the American Parents Coalition if their daughters have been denied privacy or athletic opportunities. 
“Parents&#8217; concerns about the safety and fairness of girls competing against biological males in sports, or forcing girls to shower, change or even share overnight cabins with biological males, are legitimate and must be taken seriously by policymakers,” Marré said. 
Marré added that she hoped that policymakers would use the map as a resource for where to direct their action. 
“Our goal with creating this map is to highlight that this issue is not isolated and is happening nationwide,” she said. “We also hope that this map can be used as a resource for concerned parents and policymakers as we work towards ensuring safety and fairness through the proper protection of girls&#8217; sports and spaces.”
In February, Trump <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/keeping-men-out-of-womens-sports/">issued an executive order</a> stating that the United States would “rescind all funds from educational programs that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities,” saying that allowing men in women’s spaces results “in the endangerment, humiliation, and silencing of women and girls and deprives them of privacy.”
“It shall also be the policy of the United States to oppose male competitive participation in women’s sports more broadly, as a matter of safety, fairness, dignity, and truth,” that executive order stated. 
Trump’s order was the fulfillment of his campaign promise to get males out of women’s spaces — a promise that the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-trump-learned-to-embrace-the-transgender-culture-wars">president quickly gauged</a> the American people were very supportive of.  

Last week, Trump threatened to strip federal funding from California if the state continues to refuse to get on board with his administration&#8217;s transgender policies. That came after the Justice Department <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-president-means-business-trump-admin-sues-california-over-transgender-athlete-policy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sued</a> California last month for continuing to allow transgender-identifying males to compete in female sports.

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Two girls who competed at the Oregon track and field state championships refused to stand on the medal podium alongside a biologically male competitor on Saturday night.
Alexa Anderson of Tigard High School and Reese Eckard of Sherwood High School, both seniors, stepped down from the medal podium for long jump in protest of a trans-identifying athlete&#8217;s participation.
“We didn’t refuse to stand on the podium out of hate. We did it because someone has to say this isn’t right. In order to protect the integrity and fairness of girls sports we must stand up for what is right,” said Anderson in a statement to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/girls-track-field-athletes-dont-stand-podium-next-trans-athlete-oregon-state-championship">Fox News</a>.
The male athlete, who now goes by the name Liaa Rose, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/girls-track-field-athletes-dont-stand-podium-next-trans-athlete-oregon-state-championship">competed</a> in the boys’ category in 2023 when he went by the name Zachary and in 2024, by then changing his name to Liaa. In 2023 and 2024, Rose largely competed in junior varsity boys’ competitions.
Rose, now a high school senior, <a href="https://www.osaa.org/activities/btf/results">tied</a> for fifth place in the 6A high school girls’ high jump state championship. Anderson placed third and Eckard placed fourth.
Video of the medal ceremony shows Anderson and Eckard standing off the podium with their backs turned to the ceremony. An official walks up to them and appears to direct them to step away, after which the two girls begin to walk off.
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Oregon girls high jump state championships just finished. 2 of the females refused to step on the podium with the male competitor and an adult official relegated them to the sideline for refusing. THIS MUST END. <a href="https://t.co/dxIzL8Qf95">https://t.co/dxIzL8Qf95</a> <a href="https://t.co/mAVVNBIPhW">pic.twitter.com/mAVVNBIPhW</a>
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The Trump administration has turned protecting female sports into a priority for the federal government. In February, President Donald Trump signed an order “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.” The administration has since engaged in a high-profile fight with Maine over its handling of issues around trans-dentifying athletes competing in female sports.
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Trump threatened California last week with a similar fight with the federal government over a biologically male competitor who has been at the top of several events in California high school girls’ track and field.
“California, under the leadership of Radical Left Democrat Gavin Newscum, continues to ILLEGALLY allow ‘MEN TO PLAY IN WOMEN’S SPORTS.’ This week a transitioned Male athlete, at a major event, won ‘everything,’ and is now qualified to compete in the ‘State Finals’ next weekend. As a Male, he was a less than average competitor. As a Female, this transitioned person is practically unbeatable. THIS IS NOT FAIR, AND TOTALLY DEMEANING TO WOMEN AND GIRLS,” Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114579949187402607">posted</a> on his Truth Social last week in an apparent reference to AB Hernandez of Jurupa Valley, a biological male who is competing in girls track and field in California.
“Please be hereby advised that large scale Federal Funding will be held back, maybe permanently, if the Executive Order on this subject matter is not adhered to,” Trump added.
While the Trump administration has fought against men in women’s sports through the levers of government, individual female athletes have made their own protests against male competitors.
Reese Hogan of Crean Lutheran High School <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/after-boy-beats-her-in-triple-jump-high-school-track-athlete-takes-her-rightful-spot-as-champion">took</a> the place of Hernandez at the top spot of the medal podium after he stepped down following a competition in May. Hogan was the top-finishing girl, though still behind Hernandez, who was given first place.

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United States District Court Judge Steven McAuliffe ruled on Monday that the Bow School District in New Hampshire could continue to eject parents from school sporting events if they wore &#8220;XX&#8221; wristbands supporting biological females in sports.
McAuliffe issued a <a href="https://nhjournal.com/judge-rules-school-can-ban-xx-protests-over-males-in-girls-sports/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">45-page ruling</a> against parents Anthony Foote, Kyle Fellers, Eldon Rash, and Nicole Foote, saying that school athletic events were considered a &#8220;limited public forum&#8221; and therefore the school district could act if it was deemed necessary to &#8220;protect&#8221; students from &#8220;adult speech that can reasonably be seen to target a specific student participating in the event.&#8221;
The protest occurred in September 2024 when the parents learned that their daughters&#8217; soccer team would compete against a team that included a trans-identifying male player, Parker Tirrell, and decided to wear the wristbands in silent protest.
But McAuliffe ruled that the bright pink wristbands would likely be interpreted as &#8220;demeaning and harassing&#8221; and seen as &#8220;directly assaulting&#8221; anyone who happened to identify as transgender.
&#8220;The message generally ascribed to the XX symbol, in a context such as that presented here, can reasonably be understood as directly assaulting those who identify as transgender women. Because gender identities are characteristics of personal identity that are ‘unalterable or otherwise deeply rooted,’ the demeaning of which ‘strikes a person at the core of his being,’ and because Bow school authorities reasonably interpreted the symbols used by plaintiffs, in context, as conveying a demeaning and harassing message, they properly interceded to protect students from injuries likely to be suffered,&#8221; McAuliffe stated.
Anthony Foote told The New Hampshire Journal that he had no intention of backing down from the fight, saying, &#8220;What was our offense? Supporting girls’ sports and defending biological reality? This ruling is a slap in the face to every parent who believes schools should be a place of fairness, not political indoctrination. The judge openly admitted that Pride flags are allowed because they promote ‘inclusion,’ but wristbands defending women’s sports are banned because they might ‘offend’ someone. That’s viewpoint discrimination, plain and simple — and it’s unconstitutional.&#8221;
Former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines shared the story, commenting, &#8220;A federal judge just ruled that two fathers can&#8217;t wear pink wristbands that say &#8216;XX&#8217; to silently protest male inclusion in women&#8217;s sports. The judge said the female chromosomes, XX, are a &#8216;demeaning and harassing assertion.'&#8221;
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A federal judge just ruled that two fathers can&#39;t wear pink wristbands that say &quot;XX&quot; to silently protest male inclusion in women&#39;s sports 
The judge said the female chromosomes, XX, are a &quot;demeaning and harassing assertion&quot;<a href="https://t.co/AKpAovWWQn">https://t.co/AKpAovWWQn</a>
&mdash; Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1912230227780202586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Attorney General Pam Bondi responded to Gaines, saying, &#8220;I have asked my @CivilRights Division to examine this matter. This DOJ stands with women and their supportive parents.&#8221;
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I have asked my <a href="https://twitter.com/CivilRights?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CivilRights</a> Division to examine this matter. This DOJ stands with women and their supportive parents. <a href="https://t.co/5sJZ0dEQ1y">https://t.co/5sJZ0dEQ1y</a>
&mdash; Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) <a href="https://twitter.com/AGPamBondi/status/1912298418405319086?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;This ruling is unconstitutional and will not stand. @CivilRights is examining this closely. Every father has not only a right but also a duty to stand up for his daughters, and the right to free speech is not curtailed by subjective &#8216;feelings,'&#8221; Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon added.
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This ruling is unconstitutional and will not stand. <a href="https://twitter.com/CivilRights?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CivilRights</a> is examining this closely. Every father has not only a right but also a duty to stand up for his daughters, and the right to free speech is not curtailed by subjective “feelings.” <a href="https://t.co/CE0G2iS5Gd">https://t.co/CE0G2iS5Gd</a>
&mdash; AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) <a href="https://twitter.com/AAGDhillon/status/1912295300141556061?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Judge Says School Can Ban Dads Who Wear Pink XX Wristbands To Protest Boys In Girls’ Sports

Judge Says Dads Can't Wear Pink XX Wristbands To Protest Boys Competing Against Their Daughters

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Three years ago, during a high school girls’ volleyball match, the future I had envisioned for myself completely fell apart.
I <a href="https://www.iwfeatures.com/documentary/payton-mcnabb/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suffered a severe head and neck injury</a> after a trans-identifying male athlete on the opposing girls’ team sent a volleyball flying directly at my face. I was left partially paralyzed on the right side of my body. The full extent of my injuries forced me to confront the reality that the collegiate athletic career I had been pursuing was no longer possible, and that even basic tasks, such as driving and taking exams, would be significantly more difficult.
At first, I felt hopeless. But then I realized I could use my tragedy — the permanent consequences I must now live with as a result of an unfair policy forcing girls like me to compete against biological males—for good.
And that’s exactly what has happened.
It was an immense honor to attend President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress on March 4 as a guest of the president and first lady. All I could think about as I listened to the president share my story is how far I’ve come — and how different things could have been.
I never wanted to be a policy advocate or public figure in the fight against gender ideology. All I wanted was to compete and play softball in college. But as President Trump reminded Americans during his address, gender ideology and the officials who enforce it stole that dream from me. And they have no regrets about doing so.
In fact, as I stood to be recognized by President Trump, not a single Democrat on the left side of the aisle applauded or stood in recognition of the hardship I have experienced. I don’t recall even one Democrat so much as looking in my direction. It was hard not to take this as a personal insult. After all, the policies they support — policies that strip women of their right to sex-based spaces and sports teams — cost me personally.
But the Democrats’ stubborn refusal to recognize the consequences of their policies doesn’t just affect me. Senate Democrats in particular made that quite clear this month when they refused to vote in favor of the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, a bill that would bar male athletes from competing against — and potentially injuring — young women.
These Democrats know they are out of step with the American public on this issue—and they just don’t care. For example, when Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, was asked earlier this month why she voted against the bill when <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/nyt-poll-finds-majority-democrats-oppose-trans-athletes-womens-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the vast majority</a> of her state’s residents support it, she <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gops-two-top-dem-senate-targets-justify-blocking-bill-bar-men-from-womens-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">insisted</a> the legislation wasn’t important because “it only applies to one person.”
To be clear, even a very conservative estimate <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5046662-ncaa-president-transgender-athletes-college-sports/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">places</a> the total number of trans-identifying male athletes competing in women’s sports at far more than just “one person.” But even if Shaheen were right, I am living proof of what can happen when just “one person” is forced to give up her sex-based right to fair and safe competition. Does my experience not matter to Democrats like Shaheen? Do my rights not count?
The fact is, it doesn’t matter how many trans-identifying athletes there are. The correct number of women who should be forced to compete against them is zero. And if congressional Democrats refuse to take our safety seriously, then state legislatures must pick up the slack for them.
After my injury, I was proud to help pass a bill in my home state of North Carolina, House Bill 574, that bans trans-identifying male athletes from playing in women’s sports at both the K-12 and collegiate levels, and I remain committed to helping other states follow suit. There are still 24 states that refuse to act on this issue. That must change.
Those states should keep in mind that the American public, the Trump administration, and, most importantly, common sense, are all on the same side: the side that values and protects women like me. They can either join the fight or stay seated like the Democrats in Congress this month. For their own sake, I hope they choose the former.
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Payton McNabb is an Independent Women ambassador and former three-sport athlete who was severely injured by a male playing in a women’s volleyball game. McNabb’s story was shared in <a href="https://www.iwfeatures.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IW Features</a>&#8216; documentary, <a href="https://www.iwfeatures.com/documentary/payton-mcnabb/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Kill Shot: How Payton McNabb Turned Tragedy into Triumph.&#8221;</a>
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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I Was Injured By A Trans Athlete. State Legislatures Need To Do More To Protect Women’s Sports

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WNBA star Caitlin Clark <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ap-female-athlete-of-year-clark-7e5aa066120ee2b1f85b6ab1098b7a8d">won</a> The Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year with 35 total votes, and Olympic gold-winning gymnast Simone Biles came in second, but another nominated <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/female-sports">athlete,</a> who came in third with four votes, is stirring up controversy due to questions about gender. 
Imane Khelif is an Olympic gold medalist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/boxing">boxer</a> from Algeria who had failed past <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gender">gender</a> tests — per the IBA — and was later allegedly proven to be a biological male, according to a French journalist who obtained a medical report, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tonight-was-my-revenge-female-boxer-wins-title-after-olympics-gender-controversy">reported</a>.
IBA President Umar Kremlev said the boxer has “XY chromosomes.” The boxer was allowed by the IOC (International Olympic Committee) to compete against biological women in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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The Olympics formally cut ties with the IBA, which the IOC now dismisses as “not credible,” and allows boxers to compete based on the gender listed on their passports rather than enforcing any gender-related testing.
Female boxer Angela Carini forfeited her scheduled bout in the Olympics against Khelif in Paris, saying “one punch hurt too much” and that she “had never felt a punch like this.” 
Carini later won the 2024 Italian women’s title for boxing after being forced to fight Khelif at the 2024 Paris Olympics. 
Many social media users reacted to Khelif getting four votes from the AP panel, with one person <a href="https://x.com/pamadkisson/status/1872060965703106606">calling it </a>“disgusting.” 
“That’s not a female. We all know it,” another reply <a href="https://x.com/kateiswell/status/1872058982665474454">said</a>. 
“Khelif still has XY chromosomes. These are facts,” <a href="https://x.com/Bubblebathgirl/status/1872088551762149549">echoed</a> a third.
Talk show host Piers Morgan said in August that Khelif being named the women’s champion in Paris a “travesty.”
“From Emmeline Pankhurst to this … where are the world’s feminists now, as women’s hard-fought rights get so shamefully destroyed?” Morgan’s <a href="https://x.com/piersmorgan/status/1822023148646363464">post</a> on X read.
“BREAKING: A biological male just won an Olympic Gold medal in a women’s boxing competition. Congrats to everyone who supported this travesty,” he added.
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BREAKING: A biological male just won an Olympic Gold medal in a women’s boxing competition. Congrats to everyone who supported this travesty. 👏 <a href="https://t.co/IFwGzeFJZD">pic.twitter.com/IFwGzeFJZD</a>
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) <a href="https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/1822024690556399657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Khelif is currently taking legal action over media reports on the leaked medical records from the French journalist.
Katie Jerkovich contributed to this report.

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Boxer Who Failed Gender Tests Comes In Third For AP Female Athlete Of The Year

Boxer Who Failed Gender Tests Comes In Third For AP's Athlete Of The Year

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Female boxer Angela Carini celebrated taking home the 2024 Italian women&#8217;s title for boxing after being forced to fight in the 2024 Paris Olympics against a competitor with a sex development condition who had failed previous gender tests with the International Boxing Association (IBA). 
The victory for Carini came months after she had to endure being beaten up in the ring by Imane Khelif, an Olympic boxer from Algeria, who had failed past gender tests — per the IBA — and was later allegedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/french-journalist-claims-medical-report-proves-olympic-boxer-who-took-gold-in-womens-division-a-man">proven to be a biological male</a>, according to a French journalist who obtained a medical report.
After winning the title, the female boxer said, “Tonight was my revenge,” a <a href="https://x.com/oliverbrown_tel/status/1865887087456563426">Telegraph reporter</a> wrote on X. “Some 2024 for Angela Carini. She endured anguish and gross unfairness at the Paris Olympics, forced to withdraw after 46 seconds against an opponent who had failed two sex tests. Four months on, she has just won the Italian title…”
After Carini quit her match against Khelif — who had been allowed to fight in the female boxing category despite the controversy — the Algerian boxer went on to get the gold in the women’s welterweight final boxing match, something many criticized, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shame-on-you-all-megyn-kelly-piers-morgan-and-others-react-to-algerian-boxer-getting-gold-after-failing-gender-test">The Daily Wire</a> has previously reported.
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Some 2024 for Angela Carini. She endured anguish and gross unfairness at the Paris Olympics, forced to withdraw after 46 seconds against an opponent who had failed two sex tests.
Four months on, she has just won the Italian title. ‘Tonight was my revenge,’ she says <a href="https://t.co/J1uxnKMsYE">pic.twitter.com/J1uxnKMsYE</a>
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Megyn Kelly, host of “The Megyn Kelly Show” podcast, blasted the move by writing, in all caps, about how unfair it was that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded Khelif the gold medal in a women&#8217;s event.
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“Don’t you see? Don’t you see what this insanity is doing to women??” Kelly <a href="https://x.com/megynkelly/status/1822024750845325447">wrote</a>. “WHY DO GIRLS HAVE TO SHARE THEIR BATHROOMS W/BOYS? THEIR LOCKER ROOMS? THEIR SPORTS? THEIR PRISONS?”
“To all the media who have FAILED WOMEN AT EVERY TURN on this boxing and virtually EVERY trans story: SHAME ON YOU ALL,” Kelly <a href="https://x.com/megynkelly/status/1822022126184099840">added</a><a href="https://x.com/megynkelly/status/1822022126184099840" target="_blank" rel="noopener">.</a>
Talk show host Piers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/piers-morgan">Morgan</a> called Khelif being named the women’s champion a “travesty.”
“From Emmeline Pankhurst to this … where are the world’s feminists now, as women’s hard-fought rights get so shamefully destroyed?” Morgan’s <a href="https://x.com/piersmorgan/status/1822023148646363464">post</a> read.
“BREAKING: A biological male just won an Olympic Gold medal in a women’s boxing competition. Congrats to everyone who supported this travesty,” he <a href="https://x.com/piersmorgan/status/1822024690556399657">added</a>.
Khelif previously failed gender eligibility tests by the IBA, but was allowed by the IOC (International Olympic Committee) to compete against biological women in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The Olympics formally cut ties with the IBA, which the IOC now dismisses as “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/boxer-who-failed-gender-tests-wins-gold-in-womens-boxing-without-dropping-single-round-entire-olympic-run">not credible</a>,” and allows boxers to compete based on the gender listed on their passports rather than enforcing any gender-related testing.

Boxing – Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 6

‘Tonight Was My Revenge’: Female Boxer Wins Title After Olympics Gender Controversy

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Italy

Paris

Transgenders

A Kentucky court issued a preliminary injunction on the Biden administration’s rewrite of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/title-ix" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Title IX</a>, putting a temporary stop to it in six states, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Ohio, West Virginia, and Indiana.
In the district court <a href="https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/attorneygeneral/documents/pr/2024/pr24-50-memo.pdf">conclusion</a> it said the U.S. Department of Education will be restrained from “implementing, enacting, enforcing, or taking any action in any manner to enforce” the new regulations in those six states, <a href="https://www.outkick.com/sports/kentucky-court-stops-joe-biden-title-ix-rules-virginia">Outkick</a> noted. Biden&#8217;s recent rewrite of Title IX includes protection for transgender-identifying people — a policy that was originally enacted in 1972 to protect women and girls.
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti released a <a href="https://www.tn.gov/attorneygeneral/news/2024/6/17/pr24-50.html">statement</a> about the decision, calling it a “big win.”
“This is a big win for the Constitution and the people of Tennessee,” the statement read. “We fought hard to protect our constitutional separation of powers, which ensures that the people through their elected representatives are the only authority that can make new laws.”
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/AGTennessee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AGTennessee</a> Jonathan Skrmetti Releases Statement as Federal Judge Blocks Biden Administration’s Attempt to Replace Title IX Language with Social Change Agenda:
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— TN Attorney General (@AGTennessee) <a href="https://twitter.com/AGTennessee/status/1803073451978096988?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2024</a></blockquote>
“If the rule we stopped had been allowed to go into effect on August 1 as scheduled, Tennessee schools and universities would have to let boys into girls’ locker rooms and other private spaces,” the statement added. “If the rule went into effect, our schools would have to punish teachers and students who declined to use someone’s preferred pronouns.”
“These are profound changes to the law that the American people never agreed to,” the statement concluded. “This rule was a huge overreach by federal bureaucrats, and the Court was right to stop it.”
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares took to <a href="https://x.com/JasonMiyaresVA/status/1802708125746659838">X</a> on Monday, celebrating the injunction on what he called the “unlawful” move by the Biden administration.
“I’m pleased to announce that a court has stopped the Biden Administration&#8217;s unlawful Title IX regulations from going into effect in Virginia,” Miyares wrote. 
“The Biden Administration’s latest power grab would jeopardize half a century of landmark protections for women, violate the First Amendment, and ignore the clear text of the Title IX law passed by Congress,” he added. “The rule should have never been issued in the first place.”
Virginia Republican Governor Glenn <a href="https://x.com/GovernorVA/status/1802716948280586264">Youngkin</a> praised Miyares for leading the charge.
“Virginians saw the rewriting of Title IX for what it was — an attempt to leverage federal tax dollars to impose a harmful agenda on parents and families,” Youngkin wrote. “I applaud<a href="https://x.com/JasonMiyaresVA"> [JasonMiyaresVA</a>] for leading the charge and confronting the Biden administration’s obvious executive overreach.”
Former collegiate swimmer and outspoken activist for female sports Riley Gaines posted about the court’s conclusion and <a href="https://x.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1802712193646928210">wrote</a>, “Great news! Biden&#8217;s illegal rewrite of Title IX won&#8217;t go into effect in TN, KY, VA, WV, OH, &amp; IN.&#8221;
“A federal court granted an injunction for the Title IX lawsuit filed by mentioned states,” Gaines added. “This is a huge win. The gender ideology house of cards is falling fast.”
The Biden administration’s provision “clarifies that sex discrimination includes discrimination based on sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity.”
The revision will force any K-12 school or higher education institution receiving federal funding to allow boys who identify as girls to use girls’ bathrooms, locker rooms, and housing accommodations, while allowing girls who identify as boys to use boys’ facilities.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-blocks-bidens-transgender-title-ix-rules-in-4-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Judge Blocks Biden’s Transgender Title IX Rules In 4 States</a>

Trans Sports

Court Issues Preliminary Injunction On Biden’s Title IX Rewrite, Stops It In 6 States

Court Issues Preliminary Injunction On Biden's Title IX Rewrite, Stops It In 6 States

Department of Education

Joe Biden

Kentucky

Women

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