Watch: Charlie Kirk Discusses Fairness in Women’s Sports at U of A

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In 2022, Charlie Kirk came to the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville as part of Turning Point USA’s “Educate Don’t Mandate Tour.”

Charlie spent an hour and a half speaking to the crowd and answering questions from individuals — many of whom disagreed with him.

During the question and answer portion of the evening, Charlie was asked about letting men who claim to be women access women’s showers, locker rooms, bathrooms, and women’s sports teams.

In his answer, Kirk discussed fairness in women’s sports and said that these situations force women to “live under the tyranny of men who think they’re women”

It’s worth pointing out that most Americans agree that athletes should compete according to their biological sex — not their gender identity.

In 2021 Arkansas passed Act 461 to prevent male athletes from competing against girls in women’s athletics at school. This good law protects fairness in women’s sports in Arkansas.

And in 2023, Arkansas passed Act 317 to protect privacy in public school locker rooms, showers, restrooms, changing areas, and similar facilities by requiring public schools to designate these facilities for “male” or “female” use.

Charlie Kirk was tragically murdered on September 10 during an event on a college campus in Utah.

You can watch Kirk’s remarks from his 2022 University of Arkansas speech and Q&A session below.

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Family Council Joins Brief Urging Supreme Court to Uphold Fairness in Women’s Sports

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Earlier this month, Family Council joined dozens of state policy organizations and more than 200 state legislators — including Rep. Mary Bentley (R – Perryville) and Rep. Robin Lundstrum (R – Springdale) from Arkansas — in a legal brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold fairness in women’s sports in Idaho.

In 2020, Idaho passed the The Fairness in Women’s Sports Act to prevent male student athletes from competing against girls in women’s athletics at school. However, the ACLU sued claiming the act is unconstitutional, and a panel of judges from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the law.

On September 19, Family Council joined an amicus brief alongside 37 other pro-family organizations and 206 female state legislators in support of Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act. The amicus brief highlights the opportunities that women’s athletics offer to students, and it urges the Supreme Court to uphold the law and protect women’s sports.

Letting men compete in women’s sports reverses 50 years of advancements for women and effectively erases women’s athletics.

It hampers their ability to compete for athletic scholarships and hurts their professional opportunities as adults. Concerned Women for America reports that more than 1,900 male athletes who claim to be female have taken first place medals away from women and girls.

Female swimmers, powerlifters, cyclists, sprinters, volleyball players, and others have seen their sports radically changed by men who claim to be women. In some sports, it can even be dangerous.

Most Americans agree that athletes should compete according to their biological sex — not their gender identity.

In 2021, Arkansas passed Act 461 by Sen. Missy Irvin (R — Mountain View) and Rep. Sonia Barker (R — Smackover) preventing male student athletes from competing against girls in women’s athletics at school. This good law protects fairness in women’s sports in Arkansas.

Earlier this year, President Trump signed an executive order protecting fairness in women’s sports under Title IX. That is good, but it’s important for our federal courts to uphold laws like Idaho’s that protect fairness in women’s sports. A bad court ruling in this case could jeopardize the good work that Arkansas and many other states have done in this area. That is why Family Council is pleased to join this amicus brief in support of Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, and we believe the U.S. Supreme Court will ultimately uphold the law as constitutional.

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Hospitals Continue to Halt Sex-Change Procedures on Children as Policies Take Hold

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News outlets report that clinics around the country continue to stop performing sex-change procedures on children in the wake of new state and federal policies.

To date, more than half of state legislatures have enacted laws protecting children from puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and sex-change surgeries, and the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that these types of laws are constitutional.

As a result, major children’s hospitals around the country have stopped performing sex-change procedures on kids.

In recent years, men and women have come forward with chilling testimony about how they were rushed through gender transition as children, and experts have revealed how the medical “consensus” in support of performing transgender procedures on children was largely manufactured by pro-LGBT organizations.

Public health officials and experts in the U.K., Sweden, Finland, and elsewhere have found that science does not support giving puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to kids.

We now know that sex-change procedures, puberty blockers, and cross-sex hormones can leave children permanently scarred, sterilized, and at risk of serious health conditions.

In 2021, Arkansas passed the Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act prohibiting doctors from performing sex-change surgeries on children or giving them puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. The SAFE Act was the first law of its kind in America. It has been upheld in court and is protecting children in Arkansas right now.

In January, President Trump issued an executive order prohibiting federal funding from being used for sex-change procedures on kids — including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and sex-change surgeries.

Medical institutions and facilities that receive federal research or education grants must “end the chemical and surgical mutilation of children” immediately, under the order.

Earlier this summer, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a public inquiry into whether U.S. doctors and clinics may have deceived parents and children about the risks of these procedures. The U.S. Department of Justice issued subpoenas to doctors and medical facilities involved in performing sex-change procedures on minors. The DOJ also has asked Congress to enact legislation protecting children from these procedures, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has proposed a federal rule to help put a stop to them as well.

All of this is really good news for children in our country.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

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