A New Hampshire Catholic school girls soccer team is the latest group to take a stand against transgender participation in women’s sports, with former President Trump making the issue a priority of his candidacy.
Bishop Brady High School in Concord, N.H., boycotted the Giants’ girls soccer game Friday against Kiersage Regional High School in North Sutton. Kiersage Regional School is a public school with a girls soccer team that includes transgender players. Kiersage is only one of two schools in New Hampshire with biologically male athletes, despite a state law prohibiting it.
As a result, Bishop Brady players refused to come to the game, multiple reports said.
Kier Sage player Mael Jack is approximately 6 feet 0 inches tall, according to multiple reports. Despite New Hampshire’s state law restricting transgender participation in women’s sports, Jack was allowed to play at the Kiersage Regional. However, a federal judge’s ruling in September required Marais to immediately return to the field and join the other female players in the locker room.
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In July, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu signed House Bill 1205, also known as the Women’s Sports Fairness Act, which prohibits transgender girls and women from competing on girls’ and women’s sports teams. But Mael’s family later filed a lawsuit, along with the family of another transgender athlete, seeking an injunction.
A federal court granted a preliminary injunction on September 10, allowing both players to play until a final ruling is issued. No final ruling has been made, so they continue to play despite state law.
Judge Randia McCafferty, who handed down the ruling, is a liberal appointed by former President Obama in 2013.
Another player involved in the incident, Parker Tyrrell, was cleared to play at Plimoth Regional High School. A New Hampshire family group has filed a lawsuit against the Plimoth school district, claiming they were forced to remove their armbands to protest Tyrrell’s participation on the team.
Meanwhile, the Kearsarge Regional School Board voted 6-1 on August 29 to allow Jack and other transgender girls to play on sports teams, the Boston Globe reported.
The federal ruling allowing Mael and Tyrrell to play comes amid a raft of legislation between Republicans and Democrats that opposes efforts under the Biden-Harris administration toward transgender participation in women’s sports. This is one of the chess moves above.
Even former President Trump and first lady Melania Trump, who has acknowledged differences with Republicans on LGBT rights issues, have expressed opposition to allowing biological males to participate in women’s and women’s sports. President Trump went so far as to advocate for a complete ban during a Fox News town hall event last week.
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Former Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump taps the microphone as the audio goes off during a campaign event in Detroit, Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Meanwhile, Democrats like McCafferty, supported by the Biden-Harris administration, have made significant efforts to allow transgender participation in women’s sports.
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Comprehensive Rule Clarifying Title IX’s Prohibition on “Sex” Discrimination in Schools Covers Discrimination Based on Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, and “Pregnancy or Related” Since then, several states have filed lawsuits and enacted their own laws to address the issue. conditions” were announced in April.
The government argued that the regulation did not address athletic eligibility. However, multiple experts provided evidence to Fox News Digital in June that it will ultimately bring more biological males into women’s sports.
Then, after more than 20 Republican attorneys general filed lawsuits in their states to block Title IX changes, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 in August to partially enforce the new rules. The Biden administration’s emergency request was rejected.
Later that month, Idaho Governor Brad Little even issued an executive order enforcing the Women’s Sports Protection Act, which bans schools and universities from allowing transgender athletes to participate in women’s sports.
In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Little did not rule out concerns that the order would cause public schools to lose federal funding if Kamla Harris becomes the 47th president.
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Lee University student-athlete Macy Petty speaks during an event celebrating the passage of the House of Representatives’ Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., April 20, 2023. President Joe Biden He promised to veto the bill. The law defines sex as “based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth” and bans all transgender women and girls from participating in girls’ school sports. . (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
“When we get to the bridge, we cross it,” Little said. “From a national perspective, there is a small group of radicals who are trying to implement changes to the rules that are already there. “We will continue to take aggressive action as the state of Idaho to legally protect our female athletes and the great strides made thanks to Title IX.” ”
In Nevada, a state law passed in 2022 to protect gender identity has caused a rift between the school’s female volleyball players and the administration. Nevada State players said they would like to withdraw from an upcoming game against San Jose State, which has a transgender player on its roster and has been sued by other players.
The state of Nevada issued a statement to FOX News Digital saying it cannot formally confiscate the property due to a law the state passed in 2022.
A total of 23 US states have enacted laws banning transgender participation in women’s sports. But the rest is at the mercy of the federal government, and it’s now clear that even states with these laws may not be safe.
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