Hakeem Jeffries says trans athletes ban bill will ‘unleash predators on girls’ but offers no explanation how
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., sent a post on Bluesky criticizing the proposed Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act on Tuesday, making unsubstantiated claims that the law would “unleash horrific child predators on girls and young women.” “The House Republican Child Predator Empowerment Act does not promote fairness and safety in sports. […]
Fencing organization pens open letter to USFA over concerns about trans athletes, stances on abortion and DEI
A nonprofit fencing organization penned an open letter to USA Fencing Board Members this week, urging the national governing body for the sport to re-evaluate its stance on several issues, including tournament site selection criteria, as it relates to individual states’ abortion policies, transgender inclusion and DEI. The Fair Fencing Organization (FFO), which describes itself as […]
Pennsylvania GOP leaders will reintroduce bill to restrict transgender athletes in girls, women’s sports
Roughly 2½ years after former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed a bill to restrict transgender athletes in girls and women’s sports, Republican leaders in the state are making another push to do so. Penn Live reported Friday that conservative senators in the state are pushing the new “Save Women’s Sports Act” among numerous bills introduced […]
High school facing student uprising over ban of shirts protesting trans athletes after girls beg for safety
Martin Luther King High School in Riverside, California, is the latest battleground in the ongoing national culture war over trans athletes in girls’ sports. Students at the school have gone viral on social media in recent weeks amid an ongoing lawsuit over two girls’ cross country runners allegedly being told they can’t wear t-shirts that […]
California chiropractor defends entering man in women’s surf contest to protest transgender athletes
A woman in northern California recently entered a man into a women’s surfing competition in a sarcastic protest of transgender inclusion in women’s sports. The stunt made the female contestants feel “uncomfortable,” but the woman who did it defended her decision. Emily Pillari, a chiropractor in San Jose, penned an op-ed for Look Out Santa […]