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Tom Daniel's avatar

Complete your thought, Shelly - re the "answer needed".

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FCinNH's avatar

Women's competitions for biological women, Men's competitions for biological men, and a Trans competition for those whose "identity" does not match their biology.

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Gloria Hensley's avatar

Women even get hurt in women's sports, but at least they have a chance. My 5'3" granddaughter got a concussion playing at the net, and a really tall girl (5'9" or taller) on opposing team slammed the ball just over the net right into Annie's head. I can imagine if that would have happened with a guy!

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Shelley's avatar

I can tell you what could have happened. Her name is P:ayton McNabb, at 17 she was hit in the head by a spiked volley ball coming over the net from a trans on the other team, at a North Carolina high school game in 2022. She suffered a concussion and neck injury. She said she still struggles with the effects of her injuries, including impaired vision, partial paralysis on the right side of her body, unremitting headaches, anxiety and depression.

In April 2023 she testified at a NC legislative hearing - “I’m here for every biological female athlete behind me. My little sister, my cousins, my teammates. Allowing biological males to compete against biological females is dangerous. I may be the first to come before you with an injury, but if this doesn’t pass, I won’t be the last.”

The legislature passed three LGBT-related bills, one banned transgender athletes from participating in girls sports. The Dem Governor veto all three bills July 2023 and the legislature over-road his veto in August 2023.

NC was one of 5 Red states to ban transgenders in girls sport in 2023. 18 Red states had taken that measure in prior years.

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Shelley's avatar

The Fed's reach into education with Title IX covers all sports and, for high school sports, state education must follow the discrimination rules still in effect as it is my understanding that the Biden Admin's unauthorized changes are in court pending rulings. Congress has not changed the laws for Title IX. H.S. sports still operate under sex regulations without gender-identity considerations. State governors, legislatures or AG should crack down on H.S. that allow males on female sports teams. Better yet, pass their own laws, although Blue states would never do that.

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pretty-red, old guy's avatar

HOWEVER, Shelley.

There is simply no denying if the girls walked off the damn court from BOTH teams, consistently, it would finally surface in the MSM media as everyone would be out of their sockets! Only then, will the AG's pick up the "ball" and bat one our way. . . uhh, in RED states, maybe.

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Shelley's avatar

23 Red states already have laws banning trans females from female sports, many through college. It's the Blue states that let their state school association or even each school to allow it.

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T.'s avatar

Me gusta Mucho !

End this really fast if there are no games to watch.

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Tom Daniel's avatar

Thank you!

Be that as it may, Title IX wise - which is the law - the incursion of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion trumps (no pun)virtually everything!

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Shelley's avatar

It does until those in the legal field get a spine and oust it through friendly courts, which I admit are getting harder to find. So far a few Red states have defunded DEI positions in their state-funded universities.

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Tom Daniel's avatar

I'm wondering about the 300 or so "constitutional conservative" judges Trump appointed? Maybe a handful have been in the fight - but where are the others?

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Shelley's avatar

Perhaps they sit on appellate courts where a bench of judges, not just one, decide cases.

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