A biological male identifying as a female athlete reportedly claimed first place at a girls’ high school track meet in Portland, Oregon, reigniting the ongoing debate over fairness in women’s sports.
The Maine House of Representatives voted 75-70 along party lines to censure Republican Representative Laurel Libby after she spoke out against a transgender athlete competing in a girls' high school pole vault event. The censure bars Libby from speaking on the House floor or casting votes until she issues an apology—something she has refused to do, stating she will not back down from defending fairness in women’s sports.
After President Donald Trump signed his executive order prohibiting transgender athletes from women's sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) President Charlie Baker said the organization would comply.
On June 1, Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis became the latest governor to protect the rights of girls and women competing in athletics, by signing a bill into law — the “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act” — which prohibits biological men from competing against female athletes.
USA Today has been accused of capitulating to the woke mob after it edited out the word ‘male’ from an op-ed arguing against allowing transgender people to compete in women’s sports, reportedly without the author’s consent.