Biological Male Takes First Place in Girls’ High School Track Meet
Last weekend, a biological male allegedly took first place in the Women’s 200 Meter race at a high school track meet in Pennsylvania.
Apparently, the runner in question has competed in multiple athletic events this year. The Washington Times wrote about him in February, saying,
An 18-year-old male-born student who identifies as female is scheduled to compete Sunday in the girls’ indoor track-and-field event, despite President Trump’s executive order on single-sex sports and a gender-policy update approved last week by the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association.
Ron Lopresti, president of the Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches Association, which sponsors the championships, said he was told that the PIAA’s policy changes really didn’t change much when it comes to transgender athletes.
As the article notes, earlier this year President Trump issued an executive order titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.” The order clarifies that Title IX protects women and girls from being forced to compete against men. It also protects women’s right to privacy in locker rooms, showers, changing areas, and similar facilities, and it directs federal officials to withdraw funding from educational programs that “deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities.”
We have written time and again about how women’s athletics is at risk of being erased in America.
Female cyclists, swimmers, powerlifters, sprinters, volleyball players, and others have seen their sports radically changed by men who claim to be women.
In 2021 Arkansas passed Act 461 by Sen. Missy Irvin (R — Mountain View) and Rep. Sonia Barker (R — Smackover) 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.
In 2023 Arkansas lawmakers took additional action by passing Act 317 by Rep. Mary Bentley (R – Perryville) and Sen. Dan Sullivan (R – Jonesboro) 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.
And this year legislators passed Act 955 by Sen. Blake Johnson (R — Corning) and Rep. Mary Bentley (R — Perryville) protecting physical privacy and safety of Arkansans in showers, locker rooms, changing rooms, restrooms, and sleeping quarters in government buildings, jails, and in shelters for victims of domestic violence.
Taken together, all of these good laws protect fairness in women’s sports and preserve physical privacy and safety across Arkansas.
Letting men compete in women’s sports is unfair and reverses 50 years of advancements for women. In some cases it can even be dangerous. We appreciate our policymakers who work hard to protect fairness in women’s sports in Arkansas and across the country.
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