🧵Since @realDonaldTrump's EO to protect women's sports & the NCAA policy change, here’s what’s happened in women's sports (kinda feels like not much progress!)
March: Lia/Will Thomas said trans athletes should make the rules for everyone.
“It has to be the athletes deciding for themselves where they feel most affirmed and most comfortable.” 1/
March: Lia/Will Thomas said trans athletes should make the rules for everyone.
“It has to be the athletes deciding for themselves where they feel most affirmed and most comfortable.” 1/
The lawsuit against the NCAA by female swimmers forced to compete against Thomas? Still unresolved.
The lawsuit by female volleyball players against the Mountain West Conference? Still unresolved. 2/
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The lawsuit by female volleyball players against the Mountain West Conference? Still unresolved. 2/
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SJSU volleyball co-captain @BrookeSlusser was harassed, threatened, and forced to leave school. All because she stood up for the integrity of women's sports.
Slusser left SJSU because she didn't feel safe and is now completing college online from her parents' home. 3/
Slusser left SJSU because she didn't feel safe and is now completing college online from her parents' home. 3/
SJSU Assistant Coach @BatieSmoose who also spoke out to protect women's sports, was suspended. And she remains unemployed.
Her home was vandalized and shot at with a pellet gun in February. 4/
Her home was vandalized and shot at with a pellet gun in February. 4/
In March, @ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio (a trans-identified female) said there are no instances of men in women’s sports.
Meanwhile, over 3,600 cases (7,600+ in team sports) say otherwise.
Read about it here: hecheated.org/Myths.html
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Meanwhile, over 3,600 cases (7,600+ in team sports) say otherwise.
Read about it here: hecheated.org/Myths.html
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Male athlete Redmond Sullivan continues competing in women’s fencing. He won 1st at Connecticut Division Summer National Qualifiers.
Ithaca College women’s rowing let sophomore male rower Juniper (Tyler) Gattone compete in women’s Cayuga Duals in March—defying the EO.
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Ithaca College women’s rowing let sophomore male rower Juniper (Tyler) Gattone compete in women’s Cayuga Duals in March—defying the EO.
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Liberty League, which includes Ithaca College, also includes RIT.
RIT still has male athlete Sadie Schreiner on its women’s track team— Schreiner wants to move to a D1 school and complains about a “lack of Division I opportunities” for males in women’s sports. 7/
RIT still has male athlete Sadie Schreiner on its women’s track team— Schreiner wants to move to a D1 school and complains about a “lack of Division I opportunities” for males in women’s sports. 7/
What about K-12? The EO applies to them. Yet:
OR: Aayden “Ada” Gallagher dominates girls' track, winning golds in back-to-back years.
WA: Veronica Garcia & Aspen Hoffman compete in girls’ track; Garcia won the 400m state title.
CA: AB Hernandez won the girls’ triple jump by 8 feet in February.
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OR: Aayden “Ada” Gallagher dominates girls' track, winning golds in back-to-back years.
WA: Veronica Garcia & Aspen Hoffman compete in girls’ track; Garcia won the 400m state title.
CA: AB Hernandez won the girls’ triple jump by 8 feet in February.
@EDSecMcMahon @CEJacksonLaw
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Also in CA: A male basketball player (Henry Hanlon) is still on the girls’ team at Waldorf School, SF.
CA Interscholastic Federation is under investigation for violating Title IX.
Newsom admitted on his podcast it’s “deeply unfair”—but does nothing. He sides with the boys who desperately want to play girls' sports. 9/
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CA Interscholastic Federation is under investigation for violating Title IX.
Newsom admitted on his podcast it’s “deeply unfair”—but does nothing. He sides with the boys who desperately want to play girls' sports. 9/
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More examples:
UT: “Nora” Vardenny wins 1st in girls’ free skate at 2025 Intermountain Classic Figure Skating Championships.
Gymnastics: 30 results altered by males.
USA Gymnastics lets non-trans males compete in girls’ events—unless it’s elite level. 10/
UT: “Nora” Vardenny wins 1st in girls’ free skate at 2025 Intermountain Classic Figure Skating Championships.
Gymnastics: 30 results altered by males.
USA Gymnastics lets non-trans males compete in girls’ events—unless it’s elite level. 10/
Congress
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA): Told Dems not to engage in "anti-trans rhetoric."
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX): Men in women’s sports is "not an issue.”
Not a single Senate Democrat voted to further a bill to protect women’s sports. Zero. 11/
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA): Told Dems not to engage in "anti-trans rhetoric."
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX): Men in women’s sports is "not an issue.”
Not a single Senate Democrat voted to further a bill to protect women’s sports. Zero. 11/
Blue states are fighting back (against women):
14 states let people change birth certificates “no questions asked” (CA, NY, WA, OR, etc.)
WA Gov. Bob Ferguson expedites processing of birth certificate sex changes —making it even easier for men to game the NCAA’s new policy.
MN High School League says it will not comply with the EO. Elite women hockey players are injured by a male. 12/
14 states let people change birth certificates “no questions asked” (CA, NY, WA, OR, etc.)
WA Gov. Bob Ferguson expedites processing of birth certificate sex changes —making it even easier for men to game the NCAA’s new policy.
MN High School League says it will not comply with the EO. Elite women hockey players are injured by a male. 12/
Just today! -- At the hearing on AB89 in CA, Assembly Member Rick Chavez Zbur compared protecting girls’ sports to genocide in Nazi Germany. 🤯
Also today: AB89 & a similar bill failed on party-line votes. 13/
Also today: AB89 & a similar bill failed on party-line votes. 13/
Maine Gov. Janet Mills refused to sign a Title IX compliance agreement , risks losing federal funding because she is dying on the hill to keep men IN women’s sports!
Maine’s legislature censured Rep. @laurel_libby for defending female athletes. A bunch of men told a woman she couldn’t speak for girls. (Not retrograde at all. 🙃) 14/
Maine’s legislature censured Rep. @laurel_libby for defending female athletes. A bunch of men told a woman she couldn’t speak for girls. (Not retrograde at all. 🙃) 14/
The real fight is cultural.
79% of Americans agree: Women and girls' sports should be for women and girls only.
Where are you all though! It's lonely out here!
Speak up. We won't lose when you do.
@EDSecMcMahon @CEJacksonLaw
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79% of Americans agree: Women and girls' sports should be for women and girls only.
Where are you all though! It's lonely out here!
Speak up. We won't lose when you do.
@EDSecMcMahon @CEJacksonLaw
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