IDAHO: Republican Gov. Brad Little has signed bills into law that ban transgender girls and women (biological males) from competing in women’s sports, as well as approving legislation that prohibits transgender people from changing the sex listed on their birth certificates.
NBC News Idaho is e first among more than 40 states that have introduced such legislation this year to enact them.
The sports ban applies to all sports teams sponsored by public schools, colleges and universities. A girls’ or women’s team will not be open to male transgender students who identify as female. Backers said the law was needed because transgender female athletes have physical advantages. (Not to mention the unfair advantage they hold in getting college athletic scholarships)
Biological males have significant athletic advantages over women. Additionally, science confirms that many of these advantages, such as height, lung capacity, bone size and even increased testosterone levels are not reversed by cross-sex hormones. Even liberal feminists recognize the inherent biological differences between the sexes.
Opponents said it discriminated against transgender girls and women, and would subject athletes to invasive tests to prove their gender, likely causing some potential athletes to avoid sports.
The birth certificate measure ignores a 2018 federal court ruling that a past law barring transgender people from making the birth certificate changes violated the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Backers of the birth certificate legislation said the federal court was wrong, and the law is needed so Idaho has accurate birth records. It takes effect July 1.
ARIZONA House passes bill barring biological male transgender women from female school sports.
AZ Family A bill that would bar transgender women and girls from playing on female school sports teams passed the Arizona House Tuesday. It faced strong criticism from House Democrats but was carried by a Republican majority and passed 31 to 29.
“Women are being displaced in their own sport. The playing field is no longer level,” said Republican Representative Nancy Barto, who authored the bill.
HB 2706 would require female high school and college athletes to prove their biological sex if a student athlete disputed it. They’d be required to present a signed statement from a doctor based on a genetic test confirming the student’s sex.
The bill would apply to all public schools and private schools that are part of an interscholastic athletic association, and all universities under the jurisdiction of the Arizona Board of Regents.
According to the bill, any student athlete who claims they’ve been negatively affected by a transgender athlete can dispute the athlete’s gender. Under this bill they would also be protected from retaliation.
Az gal says
Good to see AZ & ID have common sense. What about the other states? This is a no- brainer.
Andrew says
These “men” that are calling themselves females should be ashamed of themselves just because they cant compete in mens sports they are using this excuse to cheat, yes cheat, females and Im surprised that more womens groups are not the ones screaming about this.
Just shows me how insane the World is today and that most of this insanity is coming 100% from those “Of The Left” and I used to be Of The Left until I started to see, and hear, the nonsense they espouse and walked away.
tiredofstupid says
Terrifing, Common sense breaking out, Now if only people would wake up to the problem of Islamic Hijrah and use common sense to keep themm out of western countries
ian says
Semenya fathered a child but is still able to compete as a “woman”.
Crazy world.
tommy mc donnell says
why do we have women’s sports team in the first place? because the girls couldn’t compete with the boys. why are liberals so willing to let homosexual men compete against women but not heterosexual men? I hope people notice that it is not the so-called women’s rights groups that are leading this fight for women, it is the women-hating republicans that are doing that. when the leftist political agenda conflicts with women’s rights the feminist organization say too bad for women’s rights. when are women going to wake up to the fact that the only thing women’s rights groups are interested in is creating a communist dictatorship. what rights does anybody in a communist dictatorship have? wake up!
Linda Rivera says
The disgusting INJUSTICE against females must stop.
censusdesignatedplace says
It’s a start. Kind of like a busload of lawyers…never mind. Heh.
Bugsy278 says
As an openly (and confirmed) gay male, i say BRAVO to this law being passed!!! The transgenders should NEVER be allowed to compete in sports for their newly adapted sex. Its utter nonsense to even consider it!
BareNakedIslam says
Bugsy, renowned gay woman tennis player, Martina Navratilova, said the same thing and got slammed for it by the LGBT community.
Bugsy278 says
The LGBT community has never spoken for me, BNI. Personally, i dont like them and never have partaken in LGBTQ activities. Its mostly run by very angry lesbians, and i am too much a gentleman to say what angers them (at least i like to believe i am lol).
I do remember the melee that erupted when she spoke out, which goes to show how far left the LGBTQ people have gone.
BareNakedIslam says
Bugsy, glad to hear that. You’ve got the angry lesbians and we’ve got the angry feminazis.
Pray Hard says
Good move. Maybe it’ll slightly dampen the rampant/rabid idiocy over gender.
Grant B says
Great news! I hope this snowballs!
Steve S says
For me, my gender and my gender identity is very simple. If I ever “forget” whatever gender I am, I look down between my legs, and I always see my cock and my balls hanging between my legs. So I guess I am male, whether I feel like I am male or not. The simple fact still remains that I have that “junk” hanging between my legs. I suppose I could change it if I want to, but I don’t see the point. It is a simple biological fact. I am built like a male, walk like a male, and have clearly male attributes. When I sit down, I have to be careful not to sit too hard on my crotch. That’s a hazard of being male.
Now that doesn’t mean I don’t have feminine characteristics. I have a feminine side and I think I even have some homosexual and bisexual tendencies. I often empathize with female characters in games, movies, and other things. I like female company and for more than just sexual attraction. Sometimes I feel like I have more in common with females. But still, alas, I have a penis between my legs, so I really can’t claim to be female.
I still am male. And yes, I can and do indeed get aroused by a female (and I get aroused by males too, sometimes.) But my arousal results in an erect penis, so, nonetheless, my physical anatomy still says I am MALE.
Perhaps what the problem is with people, is that people have confused facts with feelings. Feelings are wonderful and they are important to our lives. But feelings, hopes, and desires cannot be confused with facts. I may wish that this stupid COVID-19 pandemic didn’t exist, but it still does. I may feel that Earth is flat and that the sun goes around Earth, but the facts are otherwise; the Earth really does go around the sun, and it spins on its axis and is a spheroid. I may feel that the sky is green and that I can float in the air without any sort of support. But nonetheless rayleigh scattering in our atmosphere still gives the sky the bluish appearance and if I should desire to jump off a tall building to float in the air, the law of gravity still exists whether I feel it does or not, so I will still need a parachute or some other support so I don’t get killed.
People may agree or disagree with me, but that is my two bits on gender and gender identity.
BareNakedIslam says
Steve, no matter what they believe they are and how they represent their gender identity, one thing NEVER changes – DNA – which means they should never be allowed to pretend they are a gender that science can easily prove they are not.
sixlittlerabbits says
Thanks, BNI, for posting this good news. It is so unfair to let biological males who “feel” that they’re women compete against biological females. Hope common sense spreads from Idaho.