House Passes Bill to Shield K-12 Sports from Transgenderism

BREITBART | Published January 15, 2025

Sports advocate Riley Gaines cheered as the House of Representatives passed a bill protecting women’s sports from males who insist they are transgender women.

“The Protection of Women and Girls Sports Act passes the House with 2 Texas Democrats (Gonzalez and Cuellar) voting in support making it bipartisan,” Gaines wrote in response to the bill being passed. “On to the senate!”

In a 218-206 vote on Tuesday, the House passed H.R. 28, also known as the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025, which prevents “transgender women from competing on teams consistent with their gender identity and amends Title IX,” according to Politico.

The outlet noted that while transgender-identifying athletes are not allowed to play on women’s sports teams, transgender-identifying students will “be able to practice or train with a program designated for women or girls.”

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) joined the Republicans in voting for H.R. 28.

In response to the bill, Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) explained that the bill “offers a new promise to America’s women and girls.”

“Kicking girls off sports teams to make way for biological males takes opportunities away from these girls,” Walberg said. “This means fewer college scholarships and fewer opportunities for girls. It also makes them second class citizens in their own sports and puts their safety at risk. The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act offers a new promise to America’s women and girls.”

Several polls have found that Americans are not in favor of the transgender ideology being pushed. As Breitbart News previously reported, a poll from Parents Defending Education (PDE) found that 75 percent of parents are opposed to “teachers, counselors, school nurses,” and other school administration officials “withholding information about a child’s gender identity from parents.”

The PDE poll also found that 78 percent of parents are opposed to “biological males, who identify as females, being allowed to participate on girls’ sports teams.”

A survey from the Economist/YouGov found that out of 1,593 adults surveyed, 51 percent of respondents supported banning minors from having access to things such as hormone therapy, puberty blockers, or surgeries. Meanwhile, 39 percent of respondents expressed strong support for banning minors from having access to these procedures, while 32 percent expressed opposition to banning minors from having access to such medical procedures.

 

 

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RELATED: House Passes Bill Protecting Women and Girls in Sports

REDSTATE | Published January 15, 2025

Things are cranking up in Congress, pending the inauguration of President Donald Trump on Monday. Bills are moving through the process, with the apparent purpose being to ensure that President Trump won’t grow bored during his first few days in office.

One of the bills is the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act,” which has passed the House of Representatives with a bi-partisan vote — two Democrats voted for the bill.

Sorry, Dems, but that’s what bipartisan means.

Two House Democrats have voted alongside Republican lawmakers to ban athletes born male from participating on girls’ school sports teams.

The Protection of Women and Girls In Sports Act, led by Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., would amend federal law to specify that student athletes must participate in school sports teams that coincide with their gender at birth.

Reps. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, and Vicente Gonzales, D-Texas, were the lone Democrats to vote for the bill when it passed 218 to 206. Rep. Don Davis, D-N.C., voted “present.”

All three won re-election on razor-thin margins in districts that have trended redder over the years.

Quibble: “Gender” is a linguistic term; the operative term here is “sex,” and it is not “assigned” or even determined at birth but rather is determined genetically at conception. And, yes, unlike a certain Supreme Court justice I could name, I am a biologist by education

 

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SOURCE: www.redstate.com

 

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