Posted on 01/21/2021 7:27:45 AM PST by Red Badger
President Joe Biden issued an executive order on his first day in office, mandating that any schools that receive federal funding must function as if biological males who claim to be females are the same, and vice versa, or risk losing that funding. This pro-transgender policy extends to male athletes who claim their gender identity as a female should allow them to compete on women’s teams, receive women’s scholarships, and be admitted in women’s locker rooms.
“Children should be able to learn without worrying about whether they will be denied access to the restroom, the locker room, or school sports,” the executive order reads, promising that the Biden administration is committed to “prevent and combat discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation.”
Biden previously promised to pioneer a radical transgender agenda, telling the mother of an 8-year-old, gender-confused child at a town hall that he would “flat-out change the law” and eliminate former President Donald Trump’s executive orders concerning sex and gender identity. His pledge received support and encouragement from now-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
“Joe Biden said that on his first day of office, he will give transgender students access to sports, bathrooms, and locker rooms in accordance with their gender identity in all federally funded schools. Do you think he has the ability to do this, and do you agree with his decision?” a reporter asked Schumer.
“I agree with the decision, and I know he’ll check things out thoroughly, legally,” Schumer said.
During his campaign, Biden also vowed to use the Department of Education to investigate and address any violations of transgender students’ civil rights, including removing federal school funding or risking legal action. His new executive order also mandates that every agency must act to ensure the enforcement of this new rule within 100 days of Jan. 20.
Under Trump, the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights found that a Connecticut policy that allowed biologically male student-athletes who identify as female to participate in female sports violated Title IX. Democrat Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii introduced legislation in the House in December that prevents biological men from participating in female sports.
Jordan Davidson is a staff writer at The Federalist. She graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism.
Yes—although that isn’t true in my area (the private schools do compete with public).
And I even have one kid who went on to play his sport in the NCAA Div 1—and this will eventually hurt every excellent female athlete, who will compete eventually against the very best in her sport—and of course that now will be boys. Lots of lost scholarships and less college recruitment ahead for girls.
This already happened to my daughter in middle school—she ran a cross country race and a boy identifying as a girl came in second in that race.
But perhaps the idea of girls’ sports is stupid. Competition is competition and that’s that. It is a bit Jim Crow-ish to segregate.
Well—it was fun (for the girls) while it lasted!
Voting has consequences and these girls’ mothers largely voted for Biden, probably.
Women voted for Biden in droves. All I have is the world’s smallest violin for their tears. It’s just as well. No one watches stupid women’s sports anyway.
wow who knew?
Apparently chicks with d**ks is a huge constituency.
I’m in several private Facebook groups of parents screaming and crying that sports are shut down; schools are shut down—they now realize the unions control the state.
Eyes are opening but when some point out that voting has consequences they get defensive: “It’s not like I was alone in voting for Newsom; CALIFORNIA voted for Newsom!”
Ha ha, not all of us did, dear. Some of us had discernment and didn’t want to gamble our kids’ livelihoods on who we knew would end up to be a tyrant (even without covid).
I know AZ was stolen for Biden because of in a recent kids’ sports tournament held in AZ, 47 of 50 teams there were from California! AZ is clearly a red state.
He got a huge number of wymen votes and now he is pushing them to the back of the line
Probably also those who are in the POed group who found out they are not getting another 600 in stimulus.
Feel upset, well as we have been saying: you voted for it.
No one cares, remember this was their guide: Orangeman bad.
Find a friendly federal judge and circuit and get an injunction and sue.
Find a friendly federal judge........................that’s the problem....................
Sane people need to get their kids out of public schools. The feminists and female SWJs that wanted Biden deserve to have to shower with perverts and have their spots on sports teams teams and scholarships taken away.
How about “girls should be able to learn without worrying about whether they will be ogled, sexually molested or raped in the restroom”
“Lol. Schools embrace Biden.”
Cry baby.
I guess. Hard to show reality around here. Life in the clouds is doing great for the country.
I’m just glad I live in Florida where we actually are a red state. Funny how we managed to keep it red.
Remember the Dem reaction when Trump tried to eliminate funding from sanctuary cities.
No way women can compete against dudes in strength and speed. Talk about science denial.
Trump appointees?
No guarantees there..................................
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What amazes me is that feminists aren’t up in arms over this, and why more woman as a whole are not speaking out in opposition...
Oh goody. We are back to bathroom and gender talk. Because thats what the leader of a world superpower should be focused on. Barocks third time indeed. Ugh.
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