America is finally having to reckon with the issues of transgenderism in athletics and schools. From classrooms to locker rooms to athletic fields, the radical transgender agenda has collided head-on with common sense, fairness, and the safety of our children.
The Supreme Court has now heard the oral arguments for two different cases that involve biological male athletes competing in female sports. These cases hold high importance, and we are hopeful that the court will rule in favor of protecting women and girls. But as critical as athletics are, this battle represents only one front in a much larger cultural and constitutional war.
It must be said, this issue extends far past athletics and commonly finds its way into the locker rooms and bathrooms of our young children. Whether it be our fight against Letitia James and the New York State Education Department where school board members can be removed for even allowing a parent to speak about the need for privacy in bathrooms, or going up against President Joe Biden’s Department of Education, Southeastern Legal Foundation has long been arguing to protect the rights and privacy of young men and women who are faced with having to share a locker room with someone of their opposite sex. Children should not be forced to surrender their privacy because adults refuse to acknowledge biological reality.
These incidents are not hypothetical. They are happening in states all across the country. This could happen to any family, in any school district, and make no mistake about it: they affect every child. It doesn’t matter if your daughter is in band or on the athletic field, all children use the bathroom at school. And no girl should have to use the bathroom in the presence of a biological boy. It is an outrage that parents are being told to just accept this.
Children already face enough challenges growing up. They should not be burdened with navigating radical gender ideology. The root of the problem is that we live in a society that can no longer agree on what “sex” is.
During the recent oral arguments on trans athletes, American Civil Liberties Attorney Joshua Block suggested that the term “sex” should not even be defined legally. Additionally, public officials and medical professionals increasingly refuse to acknowledge biological facts, such as when OB-GYN Dr. Nisha Verma refused to admit that a man cannot get pregnant when confronted with the question by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo.
If we cannot agree on that basic truth, then no ruling no matter how favorable, will be enough to top what comes next.
This is why these cases cannot simply be the end of the discussion. If we cannot get on the same page on men not being able to get pregnant, sex meaning the biological sex that you were born with, I can ensure that this floodgate will not close.
It is in the best interest of all parents and students that the courts confront this reality without delay. Children already face enough challenges growing up; they should not be burdened with navigating radical gender ideology imposed on them by adults.
While I am hopeful the Supreme Court will resolve the issue of transgender athletes in a way that protects fairness in women’s sports, the deeper problem remains: Truth itself must be acknowledged. Without a shared understanding of biological sex, no ruling will be sufficient.
As a mom of two young children, I am proud to stand with Southeastern Legal Foundation’s brave clients all across the country whose children are being harmed by these destructive policies. Whether it’s a student being forced to share a locker room with a member of the opposite sex or a female athlete being stripped of a fair competition, SLF will be there to support those who stand up against this radical agenda.
We should not accept a future where these injustices are normalized. That future only changes when the courts recognize, and enforce, the truth.
And that reckoning must happen now.
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