Today, we celebrate the 37th National Girls & Women in Sports Day. This day honors the successes, triumphs, hardships, and accomplishments of female athletes. Sport is a powerful platform to empower girls and women, there are incredible moments and achievements to recognize, and there are young girls to inspire to reach their dreams.

Unfortunately, the women’s sporting category is being eroded by discriminatory policies that allow males who identify as women to compete on women’s teams and in women’s events. Let’s use this National Girls & Women in Sports Day to celebrate the achievements and hard work on the basis of sex, not gender identity. There is no equity, sportsmanship, fairness, or opportunities for women to succeed at an elite level without sex-based categories.

TODAY 1PM ET: National Girls & Women in Sports Day Capitol Hill Event

Female athletes representing Independent Women's Forum and Independent Women's Network will join Speaker Kevin McCarthy and several other members of Congress to discuss the importance of protecting women's sports and supporting sound policies to reinstate the equity, sportsmanship, and fairness that has since been lost in women’s sports.

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FACT: It is almost impossible for genetic males to lower their testosterone to female levels. Even if they could, testosterone suppression cannot alter height, wing span, or body architecture, and it does not decrease strength or speed to female levels.

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