If Democrats want to win future elections they need to back away from absurd positions that offend over 80% of Americans. Chief among these is contending that biological males should play on women's sports teams -- this has been an anathema across America even among many who support the LGBTQ+ community. At some point you need to simply say "this is not right" and undermines decades in progress in women's sports. Now leading Democratic politicians are coming out firmly against allowing biological men to play on women's sports teams. Newsom says trans athletes playing in women’s sports is ‘deeply unfair’ in split with Democrats https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/politics/newsom-trans-athletes-womens-sports/index.html
More women are standing up and refusing to accept this bullshiat. Women's disc golfer refuses to face transgender competitor, days after fencer kneels in protest 'I most likely ended my career and that is okay because this is bigger than me,' she said https://www.foxnews.com/sports/wome...r-competitor-days-after-fencer-kneels-protest
Maine rocked by trans athlete dominance at girls' track meet amid ongoing legal conflict with Trump A local photographer said supporters chanted for the athlete to beat the girls during the event https://www.foxnews.com/sports/main...-track-meet-amid-ongoing-legal-conflict-trump A girls' track meet in Maine became the subject of widespread controversy after a trans athlete dominated multiple running events. The incident took place as the state faces internal and federal pressure to keep trans athletes out of girls' sports, and a lawsuit over the issue from President Donald Trump's administration. A trans-identifying athlete who competed for North Yarmouth Academy in Yarmouth, Maine, won the girls' 800-meter and 1600-meter events. In October 2023, Fox News Digital reported that this athlete was transgender. Fox News Digital has reached out to North Yarmouth Academy for comment. The athlete has been making national headlines in Maine dating back to that month after jumping to 4th place in the 5k division in the girls' category after previously finishing 172nd among boys. The athlete again made national headlines for competing in Nordic skiing and taking a podium spot in Maine's High School State Nordic Skiing Championships this past February. On Friday at the POLAND-NYA-YARMOUTH-SEACOAST meet, the athlete won the 1600-meter with a time of 5:57.27, blowing away the second-place runner who finished with a time of 6:16.32. In the 800m, the trans athlete etched out a closer first-place finish with a time of 2:43.31, just around a second better than the second-place finisher with a time of 2:44.87. Local high school sports photographer David Young, owner of Maine Running Photography, was there to shoot the meet. "He blew away all the girls in that particular race [the 1600m], there wasn't anybody near him, easily won it." Young told Fox News Digital. "In the 800m, it was a one-second difference, the girl tried very hard to catch him." Young added that there had been multiple spectators at the meet to cheer the trans athlete on, but no audible protests. "There were a few people there who yelled out his name, he's pretty well known," Young said. Young said his 2023 photos of the athlete went so viral on Facebook, and prompted so much backlash, that he ended up removing those photos because of the overwhelming response. "It was getting too nasty," Young said. "Not only was I getting it from the people who were for transgenders, I was getting it from people who were anti-transgenders. And I didn't know what to do, and somebody finally said, ‘Well, if you just remove the photo, the debate will go away.’ So, I removed the photo, and the debate went away." However, Young said he plans to post his most recent photos of the athlete on his Facebook page anyway, even after what happened last time. Many of Young's past photos of the athlete have gone viral on social media in the aftermath of the athlete's latest victory. Maine residents, politicians and even national pundits have posted media including the athlete and prompted national debate and awareness for the meet as Maine faces an ongoing internal and federal conflict over the issue. "Today a biological male won the 800 & 1600 in the girls division at a Maine track meet. Every girl who placed 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and further in those races was pushed aside so a boy could ‘win.’ This is NOT fair. Our girls deserve a fair, safe, and level playing field," State representative Laurel Libby wrote on X. Libby previously made a Facebook post that identified a different trans athlete who won a girls' pole-vaulting competition. Libby was censured for the post by the legislature's Democrat majority and is currently involved in a lawsuit over the issue. California conservative activist Beth Bourne drew widespread national attention to the issue by posting footage of the competition on X. The women's activist athletics wear brand XX-XY Athletics even turned footage of the competition into an ad. One of the Maine female athletes who had to compete against the trans athlete in Nordic skiing previously told Fox News Digital about the sense of defeat that came with losing to the athlete. "The defeat that comes with that in that moment is heartbreaking," Carlisle said. "I'm just in shock in a way. I didn't believe it. . . . I didn't think it was happening to me." The U.S. Department of Justice announced a lawsuit against the state of Maine for its continued defiance of Trump’s executive order to keep biological males out of girls and women’s sports and alleged violations of Title IX. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the lawsuit at a press conference April 16. Bondi said she was seeking an injunction and to have titles returned to the girls who "rightfully" won competitions in which trans athletes participated. The Department of Justice accused the state of "openly and defiantly flouting federal anti-discrimination law by enforcing policies that require girls to compete against boys in athletic competitions designated exclusively for girls," according to a complaint obtained by Fox News. Meanwhile, Governor Janet Mills, the Maine Department of Education and the Maine Principal's Association has held firmly in support of continuing to enable trans inclusion in girls' sports across the state, citing the Maine Human Rights Act as the precedent for determining gender eligibility. "I’m happy to go to court and litigate the issues that are being raised in this court complaint," Mills told reporters in April. A survey by the American Parents Coalition found that out of about 600 registered Maine voters, 63% said that school sports participation should be based on biological sex, and 66% agreed it is "only fair to restrict women’s sports to biological women." The poll also found that 60% of residents would support a ballot measure limiting participation in women’s and girls' sports to biological females. This included 64% of independents and 66% of parents with kids under age 18.
So the U.S. Fencing Chair, who is a man, made numerous social media posts demeaning biological women who protested having to compete against biological males. USA Fencing transgender controversy escalates at DOGE hearing with social media regrets, calls for resignation The USA Fencing chair admitted he regretted a social media post before the hearing https://www.foxnews.com/sports/usa-...ge-hearing-social-media-regrets-calls-firings Just six weeks after women's fencer Stephanie Turner was disqualified and escorted out of a tournament for kneeling in protest of a trans opponent, she watched the man in charge of her punishment get grilled for it in a federal hearing. USA Fencing Chair Damien Lehfeldt was grilled by Republican lawmakers at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Subcommittee's "Unfair Play: Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports" hearing on Wednesday. After the hearing, Turner told Fox News Digital that she would devote herself and her platform to pushing for resignations among key leadership figures in USA Fencing. "I'm going to be pushing for people to resign, to be honest. I'd like to see some people resign for the comments that they've made, especially publicly, ones that are harassing and meant to humiliate concerned women, mothers and daughters," Turner said. USA Fencing has provided a statement to Fox News Digital addressing Turner's calls for leadership change. "We respect Ms. Turner’s right to share her views. The volunteer members of USA Fencing’s Board, elected by our membership, remain focused on serving athletes and meeting our obligations under the Ted Stevens Act and other governing-body rules. No leadership changes are under consideration," the statement read. Lehfeldt, who was subpoenaed and did not come voluntarily, made things harder on himself ahead of the hearing with a series of Instagram stories that were later blown up and used against him on the committee floor. In one post, which went viral before the hearing, he responded to a question that asked if he was "okay" with putting female fencers at a disadvantage with a simple, brash answer: "yeah." Then, during the hearing, Lehfeld admitted multiple times he regretted answering that way and admitted the question required a "more-nuanced" response. "He was under oath, but I was surprised that he admitted having written a fake response that he posted on his Instagram," Turner said. "So the simple admission that he knows what he's doing, and the intimidation tactics that he's been employing online, and he knows that they're wrong, and he hadn't redacted them until that point, it took a hearing, a subpoenaed hearing for him to do that, it was surprising." USA Fencing provided a statement to Fox News Digital addressing its chair's social media posts on Wednesday. "Mr. Lehfeldt’s pre-hearing social posts were made in a personal capacity. Before and during the hearing, he clarified that the comments do not reflect USA Fencing policy and expressed regret for any confusion they caused," the statement read. However, that was just the start of things for Lehfeldt. Throughout the afternoon, he faced his fair share of insults and personal comments from Republican committee members. Rep. Tim Burhcett, R-Tenn, asked Lehfeldt whether he would let his daughter fence against "a man." Lehfeldt suggested he would allow it while boasting about his organization's safety precautions. "As long as the competitor has met all the hormonal requirements and complies with the policy, I would be okay with it," Lehfeldt said. Later in the hearing, Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., suggested that Lehfeldt was "not" a man for his organization's gender eligibility policy. "Real men protect women, you're not one," Mace said. Mace even asked Lehfeldt to simply apologize to Turner for punishing the fencer, to which the chair declined and pointed out that Turner received a black card for her refusal. However, Turner was not looking for an apology. "I want more than an apology. I want a change in policy and I want people to start speaking the truth again. And an apology is just empty words without actions to me, so I don't know how far it would go for me," Turner said. The organization first enacted its current trans-inclusion policy in 2023. It allows transgender athletes to compete in the women's category at both the junior and senior level after completing one calendar year of testosterone-suppression treatment. Proof of compliant hormone therapy must be provided prior to competition, but the organization has taken even further steps to prioritize its trans competitors. USA Fencing announced in late April that it is preparing to change its gender-eligibility policy in the aftermath of the controversy with Turner. "In the event that USA Fencing is forced to change its current stance in accordance with oversight bodies or federal legislation, the new policy states athletes competing in USA Fencing-sanctioned tournaments must compete according to their biological sex," the announcement read. The proposed updated policy ensures that the women's category "will be open exclusively to athletes of the female sex." The men's category "will be open to all other athletes who are otherwise eligible for competition." Education Secretary Linda McMahon previously announced that the newly formed Title IX investigations team will be probing the incident involving Turner and trans competitor Redmond Sullivan. Meanwhile, Turner is on a hiatus from fencing in the aftermath of the controversy. "I don't see how I can spend the money to go to a tournament and have their be multiple officials that I know who are deeply against me," Turner said. "That's just not a fight that I want to be in the middle of right now, I'd rather take this fight elsewhere." (Article has pictures and video)