207 women lawmakers back women’s sports ahead of Supreme Court case

Greater than 200 feminine lawmakers have signed an amicus transient supporting authorized protection efforts to “save ladies’s sports activities” forward of Supreme Court docket oral arguments subsequent week in two instances associated to the problem.

The letter accommodates the signatures of precisely 207 lawmakers, with Idaho State Consultant Barbara Ehardt main the cost.

Different outstanding names on the checklist embrace Maine Rep. Laurel Libby, who turned a central determine within the nationwide debate over ladies’s sports activities when she was censured final February for calling out a trans athlete, Minnesota Home Speaker Lisa Demuth, Iowa Senate President Amy Sinclair, Missouri State Sen. Cindy O’Laughlin, Alaska State Sen. Shelly Hughes, Kansas State Rep. Kristy Williams and North Dakota State Sen. Janne Myrdal.

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All signatories are Republicans, as almost all Democratic lawmakers throughout the nation have remained strongly in favor of permitting organic males to compete in ladies’ and girls’s sports activities.

The letter states: “Because the existence of separate sports activities applications for ladies is justified by organic variations between men and women, there are extraordinarily compelling causes to find out eligibility for such applications primarily based on organic standards relatively than one’s sense of gender.”

Supreme Court docket justices will hear arguments Tuesday in a variety of instances from West Virginia and Idaho, the place trans athlete plaintiffs beforehand efficiently challenged these states’ legal guidelines to maintain males out of girls’s and ladies’ sports activities.

A number of amicus briefs have already been filed, some in assist of the defendants searching for to “save ladies’s sports activities,” and others in assist of trans inclusion.

Tremendous Bowl-winning head coach Barry Swiss and 31 Olympians have signed an amicus transient in assist of the authorized protection to “save ladies’s sports activities” forward of two upcoming Supreme Court docket instances on trans athletes. The signatories additionally embrace twelve Olympic medalists, together with eight gold medalists.

In the meantime, 130 Democratic members of Congress have signed an amicus transient urging the justices to rule in favor of two trans athletes.

Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffires, DY; Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.; Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.; Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.; Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas.; Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.; Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.; Sens. Alex Padilla, D-Calif.; Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-California; Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.; Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.; Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., and Sen. Jeff Merkely, D-Ore., are among the many lawmakers on that checklist.

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Two feminine West Virginia college students and their households got here ahead with the allegations in opposition to one of many trans plaintiffs forward of oral arguments within the case subsequent week. The trans athlete is represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Fox Information Digital will not be releasing the identify of the trans athlete as a result of the person is a minor.

Bridgeport Excessive College feminine pupil Adaleia Cross, a former observe and area teammate of the trans athlete when the 2 have been at Bridgeport Center College, claims the trans athlete made feedback to her that constituted sexual harassment within the ladies’ locker room. Cross, who’s a yr older than the trans athlete, stated she left the Bridgeport Excessive College observe workforce final yr as a sophomore to keep away from having to share a locker room with the trans athlete once more as soon as that athlete reached highschool.

Cross’ mom, Abby, advised Fox Information Digital what the trans athlete allegedly stated to her daughter as they shared the ladies’ locker room through the 2022-2023 college yr. Adaleia was in eighth grade and the trans athlete was in seventh grade.

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Abby Cross claims the trans athlete made extraordinarily graphic and vulgar sexual threats in opposition to her daughter and different ladies on the workforce.

The ACLU has responded to the Cross household’s allegations.

“Our consumer and her mom deny these allegations and the varsity district has investigated the allegations reported to the varsity by AC and has decided that they’re unsubstantiated. We stay dedicated to defending the rights of all college students below Title IX, together with the precise to a secure and inclusive studying surroundings free from harassment and discrimination,” in accordance with an ACLU assertion to Fox Information Digital.

The Cross household’s attorneys at Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) responded to the ACLU’s assertion.

“Our consumer has sworn below oath and below penalty of perjury in quite a few instances concerning the occasions that occurred between her and the male athlete. On account of the scenario [Cross] had to surrender the game she fully liked and sacrifice a key factor of her college expertise to guard herself,” stated an ADF assertion to Fox Information Digital.

ADF is just too representing the state of West Virginia in opposition to the trans athlete within the case that will likely be heard by the Supreme Court docket.

In the meantime, former Lincoln Center College ladies observe and area runner Emmy Salerno claims the trans athlete used “intimidation techniques” in opposition to her after Salerno refused to compete in opposition to the trans athlete at a spring 2024 occasion.

“After we acquired out, it was a direct persona change. He would not speak to me. He simply wished to stare at me and simply stare down,” Salerno advised Fox Information Digital.

Salerno stated there was an incident the place the trans athlete adopted her whereas they have been at an area basketball sport, making intimidating seems, and Salerno was involved that the trans athlete would attempt to “battle” her.

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“Throughout the basketball sport, when he was following me in all places, I used to be like, ‘Is he going to attempt to battle me?’” Salerno stated. “Is he going to attempt to sneak up behind me and punch me?”

The ACLU didn’t reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for a response to Salerno’s allegations.

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