"Transwomen" Athletes May Be Athletes But They're Not Women Part I

Men and boys should not be allowed to play women and girl's sports.

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Interesting People Throughout History Part III

Today I’ll be tackling one of the most divisive issues in recent memory. Should “trans women” be allowed to compete in sporting events against actual females? Hold on tight, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.

Over the last few years there have been an increasing number of males who “identify as female” in order to compete against females, using their built-in biological advantage to dominate the competition and win what they could not win if they competed as men. Why has this become such an epidemic? The answer to this question has two parts. The first part revolves around the “transgender debate” as a whole and the second part, is the apparent pathological need for these misguided men to win, even at the cost of deserving female athletes. This is going to be very confusing with men who think they’re woman and woman who think they’re men. I will use the pronouns they were born with, not the ones they identify with, please bear with me.

It Western society (and it exclusively a Western phenomenon) over the last eight to ten years a very destructive idea began to take shape among the elite (read, woke, left wing) in psychology and medicine, that they should affirm and assist a patient who believes they are trapped in the body of the opposite sex. Transvestites and transsexuals have been around for a long time, in one form or another. We all know the jokes about people who went to a clinic in Sweden as a man and came back as a women, it has been in tv and movies for years.

The plan used to be for the doctors to treat the underlying mental issues (and there are ALWAYS underlying issues), and in 98% of cases, the so-called gender dysphoria went away without further treatment. In the last decade the “treatment” of this condition underwent a change. At the same time, the elevation of the LGBT community to protected status, the explosion of support for that community and sudden belief that it a badge of honor to belong to that group, has led to what could only be described as a tidal wave of people declaring themselves part of the LGBT community. Then it got stranger. Those academics added a “rainbow” of other “identities”. It has now become LGBTQQIP2SAA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, Pansexual, Two-spirit, Androgynous, Asexual. That + means this is not an exhaustive list, there could be an infinite number of identities). The doctors decided that whoever the patients said they were, is who they really were. What gave mere medical professionals the right to contradict a patient? If that patient thought that they were a boy trapped in a girl's body or a girl trapped in a boy's body, then that is what they are. Almost immediately hormones were prescribed and surgeries were quick to follow. Even without surgery the doctors demanded that everyone in the patient's life, play along with the delusion.

This ridiculous behavior has had wide ranging effects throughout society and has also caused some laughable situations. Take Ellen Page, (I will not play along, so she is Ellen not Elliot), they star of Juno amongst other movies, she declared herself a lesbian in 2014 at the age of 27. She had a partner, a dancer named Emma Portnor and they were “married” in 2018. Two years later, she decided that she was really a man in a woman's body, cut off her breasts and demanded that everyone call her Elliot. One of the unforeseen consequence of this change was to Ellen’s personal life. Ellen’s lesbian wife, bought into the delusion and believed that she was married to someone that was now a “man”. Even though, Ellen said she still preferred women, Emma, a lesbian, couldn't be married to a “straight man” and they got a divorce.

It is this ridiculous belief that a woman can decide to be a man, and vice versa that has also ruined sports, especially sports for women and girls. It really started to gain traction in 2016. Let’s look at a few of the more high profile people involved in this travesty.

Chris Mosier (I could not find her real name):

Mosier (a woman who thinks she is a man) became the first transgender person to make a US National team when she qualified for Team USA in duathlon (which is a running leg, a bike leg and another running leg like a triathlon without the swimming). Mosier is the first known transgender athlete to compete in the Olympic Trials in the gender with which they identify when she competed in the January 2020 US Olympic Team Trials in the 50k Racewalking event.

Mack Beggs (MacKenzie Beggs):

In 2017 a teenager girl from Texas, who believed she was a boy, was required to wrestle against girls throughout the season while she transitioned from female to male. There was real opposition to her wrestling against other females because she was taking testosterone to begin her transition. She won the state championship in the 110 lb class with a 52-0 record. During high school, Beggs also had the chance to wrestle the boys in tournaments, but she did not do well. She finished third out of three in a Greco-Roman backet and third in a six person bracket in freestyle wrestling at USA Wrestling Texas State Championships in 2018. In the fall of 2018, Beggs was a walk-on at Life University (a NAIA school, check it out. It seems like a really sketchy place) but did not compete because she had double mastectomy surgery.

Veronica Ivy (Rhys McKinnon):

He is a Canadian cyclist who transitioned in 2012. In 2018 he set the world record for the 200-meter sprint for women in the 35–39 age range. The next day he won the Union Cycliste Internationale World Track Cycling Championship in the Women's Sprint 35–44 age bracket, becoming the first transgender world champion in track cycling. American cyclist Jennifer Wagner, who finished third, said that Rhys being a man gives him physiological advantages. McKinnon argued that there was no evidence that being born male gave him an advantage in the race and that he had lost to Wagner in the past. British columnist Katie Hopkins wrote that the decision to allow McKinnon to compete was evidence that "the world is gripped by a febrile madness". Tennis player Martina Navratilova said that allowing people born male to compete in women's sports was "insane" and "cheating", while McKinnon responded that Navratilova's comments were transphobic.

Laurel Hubbard (Gavin Hubbard):

Gavin Hubbard is a weightlifter from New Zealand. In 1998, Hubbard set junior records in the 105+ kg bracket with a snatch of 135 kg, and a clean & jerk of 170 kg, as well as total weight of 300 kg. In 2012, Hubbard began taking hormone therapy because he believed he was really a woman. In 2017, after his “transition” he returned to weightlifting at the 2017 Australian International Open in Melbourne. He competed at the heaviest category for woman, the +90 kg category, and won the gold medal with a 123 kg snatch (23 kg more than the second place woman) and a 145 kg clean & jerk, (10 kg more than 2nd place), for a total of 268 kg (19kg more than 2nd place). With the win he became the first “transgender woman” to win an international weightlifting title. Although Hubbard met eligibility requirements to compete, his win was met with criticism, with some other competitors saying the competition was unfair. many of the competitors were critical of the decision to allow Hubbard to compete, including second place finisher Iuniarra Sipaia and Australian Weightlifting Federations chief executive, Michael Keelan, who said it was unfair to the other competitors.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) let the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) set the requirements for “transgender” weightlifters to compete at the Olympics. On June 21, 2021, the New Zealand Olympic Committee confirmed that Hubbard had met all the requirements and had been selected for the New Zealand Olympic Team. He would compete in the Women’s 87+ kg category and at 43 was the oldest “female” weightlifter to qualify for the games and the fourth oldest overall. This decision resulted in Hubbard becoming the first openly transgender athlete to be selected to compete in the Olympic Games and of course he was a medal contender. However, in front of a large contingent of media Hubbard struggled, with three failed snatch lifts and placed last in the group. Afterwards he thanked the IOC, IWF, NZOC and all his supporters in New Zealand for their encouragement and help throughout the competition and hinted at retirement, saying that age had caught up with him.

The inclusion of Hubbard was welcomed by supporters within the trans community as a step towards more inclusion at the Games. It was criticised by others, some athletes, scientists and campaigners said that he had a biological advantage due to having gone through male puberty. Many weightlifters were critical of Hubbard's selection, while Charisma Amoe-Tarrant, who qualified in the same category, supported Hubbard's participation. There were public expressions of support from New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern and Minister of Sport Grant Robertson, while the IOC's Medical and Scientific Director Richard Budgett called for more research into trans participation in sports.

Fallon Fox (Boyd Burton):

Boyd Burton is a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, and the first openly trans athlete in the sport’s history. In 2006, at the age of 31 Burton traveled to Bangkok, Thailand, to undergo feminizing gender reassignment surgery, breast augmentation and hair transplant surgeries and began using the name Fallon Fox. His interest in MMA stemmed from a trainer told who told him that if he really wanted to get in shape, he should try MMA. When he went to a MMA gym he said he saw “women doing things that other women weren’t doing for the most part. They were aggressive and I needed that in my evolution as a woman.” Obviously, he was channeling his natural male aggression into his “new identity”. When he began competing in MMA events he was not out publicly, although licensing commissions knew he was trans. However, when he began winning, a reporter called him and made it clear he knew Fallon was really Boyd. At that point he knew he had to get ahead of the story, and he came out as transgender in a March 5, 2013, interview with Sports Illustrated and Cyd Zeigler of Outsports.

After the interview was published and shed light on the Florida Athletic Commission over the licensing process, many commentators spoke about the issue of whether a man who identifies as a woman should be able to fight against real women. UFC color commentator and podcast icon, Joe Rogan was one of the first and loudest voices opposing Burton receiving licensing, saying:

First of all, she's not really a she. She's a transgender, post-op person. The operation doesn't shave down your bone density. It doesn't change. You look at a man's hands and you look at a woman's hands and they're built different. They're just thicker, they're stronger, your wrists are thicker, your elbows are thicker, your joints are thicker. Just the mechanical function of punching, a man can do it much harder than a woman can, period.

Due to controversy and the licensing procedure, Championship Fighting Alliance co-founder Jorge De La Noval, who promoted Burton’s fight, postponed his April 20, 2013 fight. However, De La Noval later stated his organization will not "turn our backs on her. As long as she's licensed, she's always welcome in our promotion. We stand behind her and we give her all of our support." Burton in his interview with Zeigler to be within the rules of organizations such as the International Olympic Committee for postoperative transsexuals and wished to continue fighting in MMA.

On April 8, 2013, UFC fighter Matt Mitrione, in an appearance on The MMA Hour podcast, said that Burton was "still a man", and called him an "embarrassment" and a "lying, sick, sociopathic, disgusting freak". The UFC "was appalled by the transphobic comments" he made, and, referred to itself as "a friend and ally of the LGBT community". They immediately suspended Mitrione, and fined him an undisclosed amount. The next day Burton issued a response stating that Mitrione "personally attacked me as a fighter, as a woman, and as a human being”. Mitrione's suspension was lifted after two weeks when his next fight was announced. Since then Dana White, the President of UFC has publicly stated that he does not believe a “trans woman” should be allowed to fight against real women.

The fact that men fighting against women have a significant advantage, was highlighted on September 13, 2014 when Burton fought Tamikka Brents. Brents suffered a concussion, an orbital bone fracture, and required seven staples in her head in a first round loss. After the match Brents she conveyed her thoughts on the experience of fighting Burton on social media. She said:

"I've fought a lot of women and have never felt the strength that I felt in a fight as I did that night. I can't answer whether it's because she was born a man or not because I'm not a doctor. I can only say, I've never felt so overpowered ever in my life and I am an abnormally strong female in my own right", she stated. "Her grip was different, I can usually move around in the clinch against other females but couldn't move at all in Fox's clinch."

Burton also took pride in the violence he committed against actual women in the octagon, when he tweeted "For the record, I knocked two out. One woman’s skull was fractured, the other not. And just so you know, I enjoyed it. See, I love smacking up TEFs (trans exclusionary feminists) in the cage who talk transphobic nonsense. It’s bliss!". When asked about the comments, Burton replied "It’s part of MMA culture to talk smack about opponents. You see it all the time. Only when I do it people take issue with it."

Lia Thomas (William Thomas):

The swimmer that really started it all. Thomas began swimming on the men's team at the University of Pennsylvania in 2017. During his freshman year, Thomas recorded a time of 8:57.55 minutes in the 1,000 meter freestyle which was the sixth-fastest men's time nationally. He also recorded a 500 meter freestyle and 1,650 meter freestyle times that ranked within the national top 100. On the UPenn men's swim team in 2018–2019, Thomas finished second in the men's 500, 1,000, and 1,650 meter freestyle at the Ivy League championships as a sophomore. During that season he recorded the top UPenn men's times in the 500 free, 1,000 free, and 1,650 free, and sixth best in the 200 free.

Thomas began using hormone replacement therapy in May 2019, and in his junior year told his coaches, friends and both the men’s and women’s swim teams that he now believed himself to be a woman. He was required to swim on the men’s team that year, and at season’s end was ranked 554th in the 200 freestyle, 65th in the 500 freestyle, and 32nd in the 1650 freestyle. He took the 2020-21 school year off in order to maintain his eligibility when that season was cancelled because of the COVID scare. By 2021, he had met the NCAA hormone therapy requirements to swim on the women's team. By the end of the 2021-22 season, swimming against real women on the UPenn team, he was ranked fifth in the 200 freestyle, first in the 500 freestyle, and eighth in the 1,650 freestyle.

In 2021, media began to cover the Thomas case and in early December, anonymous parents of UPenn swimmers wrote to the NCAA seeking to have Thomas declared ineligible to compete. Around the same time USA Swimming official Cynthia Millen resigned after 30 years of service, in protest against Thomas’ eligibility, and the Washington Post wrote:

"Thomas has shattered school records and has posted the fastest times of any female college swimmer in two events this season. She'll probably be a favorite at the NCAA championships in March, even as people inside and outside the sport debate her place on the pool deck.”

The issue really blew up in 2022, ahead of the NCAA championships. The University of Pennsylvania, the UPenn Law School and the Ivy League, issued statements supporting Thomas. In February 2022, in response to a proposed NCAA transgender athlete policy that could prevent Thomas from competing in the championships, sixteen anonymous members of the University of Pennsylvania women's swimming team sent a letter to the university and Ivy League officials asking them not to take legal action against the proposal. They said that Thomas's rank "bounced from #462 as a male to #1 as a female. Another group of swimmers from UPenn made a separate statement supporting her competing on the women's team.

Brooke Forde, an Olympic silver medalist, said of Thomas that "I believe that treating people with respect and dignity is more important than any trophy or record will ever be, which is why I will not have a problem racing against Lia at NCAAs this year. Another Olympic silver medalist Erica Sullivan, also spoke in support of Thomas in an opinion piece for Newsweek: "like anyone else in this sport, Lia has trained diligently to get to where she is and has followed all of the rules and guidelines put before her ... she doesn't win every time. And when she does, she deserves, like anyone else in this sport, to be celebrated for her hard-won success, not labeled a cheater simply because of her identity. 23-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps had a more neutral statement when he said “I believe that we all should feel comfortable with who we are in our own skin, but I think sports should all be played on an even playing field and I don't know what that looks like in the future". Three-time Olympic gold medalist Nancy Hogshead-Makar was on the right side of this issue when she argued Thomas had not "demonstrated that [he] lost her sex-linked, male-puberty advantage prior to competition in the women's category.” There was also another letter penned by female to male transgender swimmer Schuyler Bailar and signed by more than 300 current and former collegiate swimmers, stating their "support for Lia Thomas, and all transgender college athletes, who deserve to be able to participate in safe and welcoming athletic environments.” In February 2022, Vicky Hartzler, a Republican Senate candidate in Missouri, featured Thomas in a campaign advertisement asserting that "Women's sports are for women, not men pretending to be women", which was described by Eric Levenson, a senior writer for CNN Digital, as "a transphobic trope belittling trans women" and described Thomas as "the face of the debate on transgender women in sports”.

In March 2022, 50 protesters and counter-protesters gathered outside the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, the location of the NCAA National Championships, some carrying banners saying "Save Women's Sports". Thomas became the first openly transgender athlete to win an Division I championship in any sport after winning the women's 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:33.24. Olympic silver medalist Emma Weyant was second with a time 1.75 seconds behind his. In a qualifing 500 meter race, Reka Gyorgy finished in 17th place, one place short of qualifying for finals, and filed a complaint with the NCAA, since without Thomas in the event she would have made the finals. After the championships, Florida governor Ron DeSantis issued a proclamation declaring second-place finisher Emma Weyant the "rightful winner" of the 2022 NCAA Division I Women's 500-yard Freestyle, although he does not have that authority.

This was the last competition of William Thomas’ college career and his decision to become a woman paid off. He moved from a ranking of 65th as a man to 1st as a “woman” in the 500 meter freestyle. In the 200 meter freestyle he went from 554th to 5th. In a Sports Illustrated interview after the championships he announced that he had applied to law school and planned to swim at the 2024 Summer Olympic Trials. However, in June 2022, the International Swimming Federation (FINA), voted to bar all transgender athletes from competing in professional women’s swimming, with the exception of athletes who "can establish to FINA's comfortable satisfaction that they have not experienced any part of male puberty beyond Tanner Stage 2¹ or before age 12 whichever is later. This prevented Thomas from competing as a woman at the 2024 US Olympic trials. He issued a statement that in part said: "The new FINA release is deeply upsetting. It is discriminatory and will only serve to harm all women.”

Also swimming in that event was University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines. In the 200-yard NCAA freestyle championship (her final competitive event race before retiring from the sport), Gaines tied for fifth place with Thomas. On the awards podium Thomas held the fifth-place trophy, while Gaines held a sixth-place trophy while waiting for another fifth-place trophy in the mail. Immediately after the meet, Gaines said in an interview with The Daily Wire: "I am in full support of her and full support of her transition and her swimming career...because there’s no doubt that she works hard too, but she’s just abiding by the rules that the NCAA put in place, and that’s the issue.” In 2023, after her college career was over Gaines said that Thomas shared locker room space with her while still intact with "male genitalia" and that along with the unfair NCAA rules led to her activism on this issue.

Later in March, Colorado representative Lauren Boebert introduced a bill co-sponsored by 20 other Republicans that honors Weyant as the winner of the race. Olympic Decathlon gold medalist Caitlyn (Bruce) Jenner also said that Thomas was not the "rightful winner", adding "It's not transphobic or anti-trans, it's common sense!" Sports Illustrated called Thomas “the most controversial athlete in America.” On March 23, 2022, after Indiana governor Eric Holcomb vetoed a law that would have banned the participation of “transgender girls” in school sports for girls, The New York Times wrote:

"Sports participation by transgender girls and women has become an increasingly divisive topic among political leaders and sports sanctioning groups, which have struggled with the issue in a way that respects transgender athletes and addresses concerns some critics have raised about competitive fairness".

In the same article it was reported that at a press conference announcing his veto of a similar bill, Utah governor Spencer Cox spoke to the “transgender community” saying "We care about you. We love you. It's going to be OK. We're going to get through this together.”

In a report about the fact that Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown-Jackson could not even define what a woman is, The New York Times wrote that after the vetoes by Holcomb and Cox, as well as the win by Thomas at the NCAA championship, "Transgender rights are dominating outrage on the right.” On March 31, The Hill described the debate over transgender athletes in sports as "the latest flashpoint in the country's culture wars" and wrote "Lia Thomas became the latest transgender athlete caught in the debate's crosshairs" after her NCAA win. The National Women’s Law Center, defended Thomas, saying that she "deserves all the celebration for her success this season, but instead is being met with nationwide misogyny and transphobia. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) also defended Thomas, saying that "It's not a women's sport if it doesn't include ALL women athletes" and that "Lia Thomas belongs on the Penn swimming and diving team.” Since June 2022, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and West Virginia have laws prohibiting public schools from allowing the participation of “transgender girls” in school sports for girls.

This cult of delusion has only spread since 2022 and it has trickled down to high school sports. Let’s quickly look at some of the more recent stories.

California

Just days after President Donald Trump sent a warning to California about letting a male compete in girls' track and field, the state allowed a trans athlete to take two state titles against female competitors. AB (Abraham) Hernandez, a student at Jurupa Valley High School, took first place in the girls' high jump and triple jump at the State Championships. Hernandez also finished in second place in the high jump to Woodrow Wilson High School's Loren Webster. Webster was the only female to finish ahead of Hernandez in any competition he competed in this weekend.

Competing against the girls, Hernandez, jumped 19’ 3.5” in the long jump and 40"‘ 4.75” triple jump. If he would have competed against the boys as he should, he would not have even qualified for the championships. To make this situation even weirder, the California Interscholastic Federation recently changed their rules to insure that any female competitors who finished behind a biological male would be awarded a medal based on where they placed among female competitors. So during the medal ceremonies for the three events, the female competitors who finished one spot behind Hernandez had to stand next to the trans athlete on the podium. There were protestors and counter protestors at the even and it became violent when pro-trans protester Ethan Kroll struck anti-trans protestor Josh Fulfer with a flag pole. Kroll was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm, obstructing a public officer and vandalism.

However, California is far from the only state that saw its girls' track and field championships overshadowed by trans athlete controversy.

Oregon

Reese Eckard of Sherwood High School and Alexa Anderson of Tigard High School made a statement recently at the Oregon high school State Championships, when they refused to stand on the medal podium alongside a transgender athlete from Ida B. Wells High School for high jump. Eckard, in fourth place, and Anderson, in third, each finished ahead of the trans athlete, who tied for fifth place. However, the girls faced the opposite direction as the other competitor received his medals from officials. Footage of the incident shows an official confront the two young women, and gesture for them to move away. Eckard and Anderson were then seen walking away from the podium and standing off to the side. The girls released a statement which said:

"We didn’t refuse to stand on the podium out of hate. We did it because someone has to say this isn’t right. In order to protect the integrity and fairness of girls sports we must stand up for what is right."

Oregon is one of many Democratic-controlled states that saw transgender athletes compete in girls' track and field championships recently. On May 27, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), a nonpartisan research institute, filed a Title IX discrimination complaint against Oregon for its laws that allow biological males to compete in girls' sports. The complaint was filed with US Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, which has already launched Title IX investigations against high school sports governing bodies in California, Minnesota, Maine and Massachusetts. AFPI Executive General Council Jessica Hart-Steinmann said:

"Every girl deserves a fair shot – on the field, on the podium, and in life. When state institutions knowingly force young women to compete against biological males, they’re violating federal law and sending a devastating message to female athletes across the country."

It’s not just track and field where this madness is happening.

Minnesota

Transgender pitcher Marissa (Charles) Rothenberger led Champlin Park High School to a Minnesota State Championship win recently. His dominance this season prompted a lawsuit by anonymous opposing players. One of the players involved in the lawsuit released a statement after the win by Champlin Park, she said:

"It is upsetting to see a male athlete dominating our sport and taking opportunities away from girls who have worked hard all season to make it to the championship game in the state tournament. On top of the unfairness, it is oftentimes a risk to play a physical sport like softball against a male athlete. I am proud of the girls who played hard, and at the end of the day deserve it more than a boy, but I hope that more people will continue to stand up for female sports and take the rights of women and girls seriously."

The girl’s attorney Suzanne Beecher with The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) added:

"A male’s belief about his gender doesn’t erase the physical advantages over female athletes. And every girl competing deserves the chance to experience the thrill of victory. What happened tonight was not only unfair but put every female athlete at risk of getting injured due to the clear differences in biology from male to female. We filed a lawsuit against Minnesota officials to upend their radical policies that hurt female athletes across the state and restore their opportunities in a fair and safe competition."

Rothenberger pitched the entire game in the quarterfinal, semifinal and final, plus he had at least two hits including four doubles over those games. This case is a little different because Charles “transitioned” at the age of nine (obviously good paenting going on there), but in Part II I will show that there are significant physical differences between the sexes as early as six years old. Because of the controversy Anoka-Hennepin School District, released a statement defending the decision to allow the athlete to compete on the softball team.

"Throughout the entire season, and as the Rebels advance to the state tournament, it is important to note that all of the student athletes participating for the Champlin Park Softball team are eligible to compete in compliance with Minnesota State High School League rules and applicable state law. Due to data privacy laws, the District is not able to provide public comment regarding a specific student athlete. In addition, the District is named in an active lawsuit which limits what information can be shared."

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison also released a statement responding to the lawsuit against the state over Rothenberger's participation in the girls' softball season.

"In addition to getting exercise and the fun of competition, playing sports comes with so many benefits for young people. You build friendships that can last a lifetime, you learn how to work as part of a team, and you get to feel like you belong. I believe it is wrong to single out one group of students, who already face higher levels of bullying and harassment, and tell these kids they cannot be on the team because of who they are. I will continue to defend the rights of all students to play sports with their friends and peers."

After President Trump signed the "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports" executive order, the Minnesota State High School League announced it would defy federal law by allowing transgender athletes to continue playing in women's sports. Ellison then claimed at a press conference on April 22 that he received notice from the Department of Justice threatening legal action if the state did not follow the executive order, so the attorney general decided to sue first. The White House responded to the lawsuit, condemning Ellison for taking legal action to enable trans inclusion:

"Why would a grown man sue the Trump administration to allow other biological males to participate in women’s sports? This is creepy and anti-woman.

In March, Minnesota's state legislature failed to pass the “Preserving Girl’s Sports Act, which would have codified into law that "only biologicaly female students may participate in an elementary or secondary school level athletic team or sport that an educational institution has restricted to women and girls."

This incident also caused the most decorated female olympic gymnast in US history, Simone Biles, to launch a bizarre attack on Riley Gaines. It was triggered when Gaines made a comment about the MInnesota high school girls' softball team winning the state championship, causing Biles to go off the deep end against Gaines.

I'm sure that Simone would describe herself as empathetic and compassionate. Apparently making little girls get dressed in front of mentally ill men and boys is what it means to be a good person in 2025, at least in the left-wing world.

That is the end of the madness for now. Next time I’ll look at whether or not trans women have an advantage in sports and why there has been such a explosion of trans athletes in recent years. I know that this post might be my most controversial one yet. I would also like to think that anyone who reads my ramblings won’t be surprised by my stance on this issue. But if you feel differently about this, and hold that view strongly enough that you feel the need to unsubscribe, that is your right. Otherwise, I hope you enjoy this post and always, feel free to pass it along to anyone who may be interested.

Chris

1. Tanner Stage 2 is a testicular volume between 1.6 and 6 ml; skin on scrotum thins, reddens and enlarges; penis length unchanged.