It’s bad enough that the progressive political apparatus is desperately trying to convince, cajole, and coerce the American public into pretending that men can become women and vice versa. Their efforts to force female athletes to compete against biological males, despite knowing that the latter has an unfair physical advantage over the former, have already done more than enough damage.
But what’s even more disgusting is that female athletes are signing up to this program with complete disregard for its impact on women’s spaces.
Enter former American soccer player Megan Rapinoe and a host of others recently signed the letter to the NCAA, calling on it to continue forcing female athletes to compete against physically stronger men.
Former U.S. women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe and WNBA legend Sue Bird were among current and former athletes who signed Athlete Ally’s letter to the NCAA calling on the organization to abandon its policy banning transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports.
The letter from the LGBTQ advocacy group comes after more than a dozen Republican lawmakers in the House of Representatives urged NCAA President Charlie Baker to ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s competitions, in line with a policy set out earlier this month by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Lawmakers cited Lia Thomas’ 2022 national championship, which meant Thomas became the first transgender woman to win an NCAA national title.
The letter called on the NCAA to “ensure the life-saving power of sports for all athletes who compete in championship and emerging sports at and for NCAA member institutions – including transgender athletes.”
In the letter, the athletes argue that “denying transgender athletes the fundamental right to be who they are, to access the sports they love, and to receive the documented mental and physical health benefits of sports violates the very principles of the NCAA Constitution.”
Rapinoe and Company also targeted former Kentucky State University swimmer Riley Gaines, an outspoken critic of transgender people in sports, accusing her of inciting “transphobic hate and politics, despite hundreds of swimmers who have expressed their support for transgender athletes.”
The letter argued that “Allowing transgender NCAA athletes to play the sports they love as they truly are, alongside their teammates, fulfills the true spirit of Olympism to which we all ascribe” and that “sports should never be for the few.” .
The athletes who signed onto the letter appear to be responding to criticism from House Republicans, who sent their own letter to the NCAA opposing the inclusion of biological males in women’s sports, and Riley Gaines, who has been at the forefront of efforts to prevent it .
During an appearance on Fox News’ “America Reports,” Gaines praised West Virginia’s fight with the courts over a law banning men from playing women’s sports.
“I couldn’t be more proud of these girls,” Gaines, co-author of OutKick and host of the “Gaines for Girls” podcast, told Sandra Smith. “Again, they’re 13, 14 years venerable, they’re in middle school, but they’re the ones who are forced to be the adults in the room to defend their own rights to the quality opportunities, security and privacy that Title IX once provided, but now, of course, are at risk , which was once the law here in West Virginia, but now, with the ruling of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, everything is in jeopardy, setting a terrible precedent.
“These girls couldn’t be more proud, they couldn’t be more inspired. Ultimately, this brings me to life. It reminds me of what we are fighting for. It’s girls like Emmy Salerno and the other four girls who chose not to compete against the boy whenever the opportunity arises.”
Despite what common sense tells us, many still support the gender equality agenda that progressives impose on Americans in various institutions. Sport is one of the many battlefields where the fight to protect women is fought. Fortunately, there seems to be more willing to oppose attempts to force men into women’s spaces.
