Pirate's Cove

Normally, I would say that this kind of legislation belongs at the state level, not federal. However, until we can get the federal government out of funding a huge number of colleges this is the right thing. Not for Democrats, though

BREAKING: House passes bill banning men from competing in girl's sports in schools that receive federal funding.

206 Democrats voted against it.

Democrats hate women and girls. pic.twitter.com/BrV5ZWsE5U

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 14, 2025

Most of the Credentialed media are running with headlines and stories like this

House Republicans pass bill to ban trans women and girls from school sports

House Republicans pushed through sweeping legislation on Tuesday to block transgender women and girls from school sports, escalating a fierce culture-war battle that puts federal education dollars on the line.

The bill passed 218-206 in a vote that saw two Texas Democrats break ranks to support the Republican measure. It marks the first standalone federal legislation targeting transgender rights to clear either chamber of Congress.

The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act would rewrite Title IX rules to define sex as “reproductive biology and genetics at birth” – effectively banning transgender athletes from competing on teams matching their gender identity at any school receiving federal funding.

Well, really, it shouldn’t have been necessary to “rewrite” the definition, because, when Title IX was passed in 1972 everyone knew what a woman was. What female meant. They understood the biology. These days, a goodly chunk of the Democratic Party seem to think that people with penis and XY chromosomes can be female.

But with Republicans controlling 53 Senate seats, the bill still needs significant Democratic support to clear the 60-vote threshold.

Could there be enough Democrats who realize that allowing males to play in women’s sports is batshit insane? Do the care that most Americans do not want men with mental illness playing in women’s sports? Their House Comrades obviously do not give a flying fark what Americans think. They’d rather patronize their small but vocal moonbat base than most Americans and real women.

More than 400 civil rights organizations have condemned the legislation, saying it represents an unprecedented federal intrusion into school sports that could trigger widespread investigations into students’ private medical information. Republican sponsors say it is needed to “preserve Title IX’s original intent”, though states have struggled to come up with a path forward on it.

And how many real women are backing the legislation? Democrats weren’t real concerned with federal intrusion when they essentially made all student loans backed by the federal government, which saw the cost of college skyrocket. Oh, and when they changed the intent to allow the gender confused to play on women’s teams.