The gender policy of the Biden administration relativizing biological sex can destroy women's sports
In a letter, 28 organizations are demanding the Biden administration abandon current and future plans to allow biological males to compete in women's sports and use the same locker rooms as biological female athletes. Fox News reports .
It is worth noting that in 2022, the Biden administration will repeal Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. presented a proposal for a regulation on the title of the Ministry of Health in order to extend the concept of gender-based discrimination to gender identity as well. In the spirit of this, the ministry is planning to issue new decrees in the field this spring, which are specifically for the IX. will address the application of the title to transgender athletes participating in women's sports.
This is supported by the words of Education Minister Miguel Cardona, who recently stated at his hearing: "It is critically important that educators and school systems respect the rights of all students, including transgender students." The minister stressed that he will do everything to ensure that biological male transgenders can compete in women's sports.
The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies responded to the future plans outlined by the Minister of Education in the form of a petition.
According to the findings of the letter written by the institute, involving lawyers, experts, parents, civil rights groups and former education officials,
further expected regulation from the Biden administration "unfairly" penalize female athletes.
According to their argument, "the department has no legal authority to issue regulations that subvert rather than fulfill Title IX." requirements of title by allowing or requiring female-identified biological males to compete in sex-segregated women's sports and use intimate facilities and common spaces for female students." mixes together" terms that are not identical with each other , which is why it destroys the previous level of protection against gender discrimination declared in the law.
Bob Eitel, president of the Defense of Freedom Institute, called the ministry's position extreme, which is particularly dangerous because the planned public law steps are neither justified nor supported by the purpose, text, structure and legislative history of the legislation. But in his opinion, it is even more important that if the government continues the IX. the radical rewriting of the title, it will cause serious damage to biological women and girls, as it will result in them losing their places in sports teams, prizes, scholarships, and, not to mention, the risk of physical injuries will radically increase in certain sports.
The Institute's petition signatories include, among others, the Heritage Foundation, Heritage Action for America, the Ethics and Public Policy Center, SAVE, the Independent Women's Law Center, the Child and Parental Rights Campaign, the Texas Eagle Forum, the Family Also Policy Alliance, No Left Turn in Education, Southeastern Legal Foundation, American Civil Rights Project, and Parents Defending Education.
This is not the first time that the Biden administration's gender policy punishing female athletes has been publicly criticized.
The American women's swimming community has united almost as one against the democratic administration's political attitude supporting unlimited inclusion, as a result of which female athletes - in addition to the many sports professional disadvantages - often suffer traumas.
The case of American national team swimmer Riley Gaines is memorable, as she was previously forced to compete against Lia Thomas, who is originally male but identifies herself as transgender. (The one on the left in our featured image is the "man", who is a woman!) The two contestants ended up in a tie for first place, but Gaines described the result as clearly unfair in relation to the work invested and the biological differences, and also reported in detail the upheavals she had to experience when she had to get dressed in an intimate room with a man who had not yet undergone a complete gender transition, without any prior consultation or seeking his approval.
In light of the swimmer's words, it is worth mentioning that - the first transgender champion in the history of American women's Division I collegiate sports - Thomas competed in the men's field until 2020, where he took a "prestigious" 462nd place.
Source: Fox News
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