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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Medical Expert Urges CDC to Acknowledge Gender Detransitioners

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Earlier this month, a medical expert urged the Centers for Disease Control to update its medical codes to acknowledge gender detransitioners.

The CDC’s current medical diagnostic code system only includes a code for “personal history of sex reassignment.” That makes it possible to collect data on the number of people who have undergone sex-change procedures, but it is difficult to know how many of those people later detransitioned.

In recent years, men and women have come forward with chilling testimony about how they were rushed through gender transition as children. Since then, many of them have detransitioned and no longer suffer from gender dysphoria.

On September 10, Do No Harm’s Medical Director Dr. Kurt Miceli gave a presentation at the CDC’s semiannual conference urging the CDC to establish diagnosis codes for detransitioners as well.

These diagnostic codes would help medical experts track how many people detransition after undergoing sex-change procedures, and they could shed light on the long-term consequences of sex-reassignment surgery.

Do No Harm made headlines last year with its “Stop The Harm” report analyzing gender transition data from across the country. The report used data from commercial insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, and VA claims to determine how many children in America have been subjected to sex-change procedures.

Do No Harm’s data for Arkansas reveals that from 2019 to 2023, 41 children were treated as “sex-change patients” in the state.

Of those children, the report found three underwent sex-change surgeries at UAMS. Another 38 received puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones from various facilities across the state.

The report also reveals that from 2019 to 2023, doctors and hospitals in Arkansas wrote 234 prescriptions for children to be given puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones.

Right now, Family Council is not aware of any public health data showing how many of these children have detransitioned.

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. This good law spent four years tied up in federal court, but the Eighth Circuit finally upheld it as constitutional in August. Today the SAFE Act is in full effect and protecting children in Arkansas. That’s something to celebrate.

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

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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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