Without single-sex competition, there can be no equal athletic opportunity.
Friend,
Title IX is under attack from the Biden administration, but female athletes are fighting back. Recently, we penned an open letter to athletic governing bodies and public officials, asking them to protect the integrity of the female sporting category.Â
51 years ago, Congress enacted Title IX to ensure equal opportunity in all aspects of education. The legislation had an incredible impact, breaking down barriers to women’s participation in professional schools and athletics alike. Unfortunately, activists today are using the legislation as an ideological battering ram. In the name of “inclusion,” women are being asked to give up athletic opportunities and open up our private spaces.Â
This is not only unfair, it’s discriminatory. Allowing biological males to take awards, scholarships, or educational opportunities designated for females violates Title IX’s prohibition of discrimination “on the basis of sex.”Â
The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which has passed the U.S. House of Representatives, has been introduced in the U.S. Senate, and which President Biden has promised to veto, would make this explicitly clear and put athletic organizations, athletic directors, and bureaucrats at the Department of Education on notice that they may not adopt policies that promote so-called “inclusion” at the expense of women.
We urge athletic associations, policy makers, and government officials to reject calls to sacrifice female athletes on the altar of “inclusion” and to stand up for equal opportunity, fairness, privacy, and safety by enacting policies and laws that keep women’s sports female.
We stand together in honor of the generations of women who came before us and in defense of all the women and girls who will come next.
Yours in the fight,
Adriana
P.S. Independent Women’s Law Center is out with the Second Edition of “Competition: Title IX, Male-Bodied Athletes, and the Threat to Women’s Sports.” The groundbreaking report provides crucial updates on men in women’s sports, the changing legal landscape, and analyzes additional scientific evidence regarding the lasting athletic advantage conferred by male puberty. Read it here.
