Posted on 06/10/2021 6:34:20 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The U.S. Secretary of Education has expressed support for allowing trans-identified athletes to compete in sports that correspond with their gender identity as opposed to their biological sex, hinting that the federal government would take action against states that passed laws requiring athletes to compete in sports teams that match their biological sex.
In an interview with ESPN that aired Monday, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona discussed his views on “how transgender athletes should be treated and when and how they should compete.”
Cardona dismissed the argument that “allowing transgender athletes to compete in certain competitions is unfair to female athletes.”
“I recognize there’s a lot of concern around … that issue. But what’s not tolerable is saying that some students cannot participate because of their gender," he said.
“LGBTQ students have endured more harassment than most other groups. So it’s critically important that we stand with them and give them opportunities to engage in what every other child can engage in without harassment."
Cardona stressed that he supports “local control” in education, but suggested that his office would be open to taking action against states that pass laws requiring athletes to compete on sports teams that correspond with their biological sex instead of their chosen gender identity.
“We do have a responsibility to protect the civil rights of students, and if we feel the civil rights are being violated, we will act.”
Cardona’s interview with ESPN comes as multiple states have passed laws requiring trans-identified athletes to compete on sports teams that correspond with their biological sex.
These policies are enacted as a result of concerns that boys have inherent physical advantages over girls in sports and that allowing biological males to compete against biological females is unfair to female athletes.
Fox News host Laura Ingraham elaborated on the biological differences between men and women on an episode of her show, “The Ingraham Angle,” in 2019.
“Male bones are bigger in both size and density. Females have shorter arms and legs relative to body size. Females are around 30% to 35% muscle by weight, while males are 40% to 50% muscle," she said.
“Females’ ligaments are thinner and softer than males.’ The internal organs of … men tend to be bigger, broader, more capable of taking in oxygen. … The structure of the anatomy is different, period,” she added.
A study from the British Journal of Sports Medicine found that even after two years of taking “feminizing” hormones, trans-identified males still ran 12% faster than biological females.
The interview with ESPN was not the first time that Cardona had expressed support for allowing trans-identified athletes to compete on sports teams that align with their gender identity. During his confirmation hearing earlier this year, Cardona told U.S. senators that “it’s the legal responsibility of schools to provide opportunities for students to participate in activities, and this includes students who are transgender.”
Cardona was confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 64–33, with 14 Republicans joining all Democrats in supporting his nomination.
Prior to joining the Biden administration as the secretary of education, Cardona served as the commissioner of education in Connecticut. Connecticut has received national attention for its policy of allowing biological males who identify as female to compete against girls in athletic competitions. The policy led to a lawsuit from female athletes who had lost competitions to biological males.
The plaintiffs contended that the policy violated Title IX civil rights law, which was designed to provide equal opportunities for women in education, including sports. In April, a federal judge dismissed the girls’ lawsuit, leading their attorneys to appeal his decision to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
Cardona’s comments to ESPN come days after President Joe Biden issued a "Pride Month Proclamation," declaring the month of June as "lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Pride Month."
Biden lamented that “some states have chosen to actively target transgender youth through discriminatory bills that defy our Nation’s values of inclusivity and freedom for all.”
In an effort to allow transgender athletes to compete while acknowledging the biological differences between men and women, USA Powerlifting has established an “MX category” that is open to “Powerlifting athletes of all gender identities.”
While “USA Powerlifting’s traditional male and female” teams are restricted to members of the two biological sexes, “the MX category provides a safe, inclusive option for athletes of all genders and gender identities to compete within USA Powerlifting.”
The Christian Post reached out to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education for comment. A response was not received by press time.
FREAK supporting more FREAKS.
Never let the insane, perverted or depraved define what is normal.
RE: Never let the insane, perverted or depraved define what is normal.
We just did. The Presidency and both houses of Congress are controlled by the insane, perverted and depraved.
“Biden’s war on women”
“LGBTQ students have endured more harassment than most other groups.”
That is called natural selection. Nobody wants queers around them except other queers. Normal people are right to reject letter people.
Let them compete against other trans athletes.
Yes let’s definitely cater to the far less than 1% of the population suffering from mental illness at the expense of everyone else in the name of totally discrediting morality and destroying America
The latest news from Kafka World.
Democrats War on Women continues
CardonaIdiot can’t do squat about it. F’em.
Once again, "conservatives" never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
"Women's sports", as such, are of no importance, compared to the main issue.
By seeking (actually, pleading helplessly for) a carve-out for one minor thing, one concedes the major point - that a man can become a woman.
Look at these laws and the language they use: "biological males".
What else are men if they are not "biological"? They are carbon-based life forms, are they not?
And, of course, the main issue - that a man cannot become a woman - simply conceals an even larger issue - that 2 + 2 cannot equal 3 or 5, EVEN IF THE PARTY SAYS SO.
They are such unique people, why not get their own category?
Yes, i don’t understand why women support the Democratic party that is so obviously trying to turn women into second class citizens. The women are destroying themselves.
RE: They are such unique people, why not get their own category?
If it’s all about principle and civil rights, why do I not see women transgenders ( women who become men ) demanding to join MEN’s SPORTS?
Time for red states to get off the fedgov teat.
“I recognize there’s a lot of concern around … that issue. But what’s not tolerable is saying that some students cannot participate because of their gender,” he said.
This subject is a good example of the big lie technique, which liberals use profusely to push their causes.
NOBODY IS SAYING THAT SOME STUDENTS CANNOT PARTICIPATE BECAUSE OF THEIR GENDER.
These laws and regulations being enacted DO NOT BAN anyone from participating. What they are doing is requiring all to compete based on their biological sex, not their perceived or self selected sexual identity.
Anyone else see what I mean? Isn’t there a huge difference between “banning” someone from competing, and saying that you need to compete against others of the same biological sex, if you choose to compete in the first place?
Yet the liberals are hammering away at this, as if these men who say they are women are being banned from participation in sports. It is patently false to say they are being banned from competing.
“Yes let’s definitely cater to the far less than 1% of the population...
This whole thing started with the federal funding of school athletic teams. And it has overstepped it’s intent. I have no problem with the government carrying this intent this way. But (!) The government that makes this decision to allow the mixing of competitors based upon identifying, should be held accountable for the funds shift and will have to transfer the fund adjustment to cover the title IX determination. And as it is their decision to do this without the vote of the people, they shouldn’t charge the people with the expense of the action. If they are going to poach it, the cost will have to come out of the earmarked funds for the gender based programs.
The original title IX did not create separate funds. Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 is a federal law that states: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”
It displays that gender could not be a basis for denying competition, not to create programs that are gender based. And at that time, if you didn’t receive federal funding, it didn’t even apply.
So if they create funding based upon gender participation of a sport, make the sport receive the residual. And if there is no program for the sport, they don’t get funds for it or they create it. Men can play such sports as women’s softball by identification as there is no men’s softball program. Men’s field hockey is another one. If there are no programs, then they will have to be made or the men will be allowed to participate with the women.
On a bigger note, what happens to scholarships? With the emphasis on winning, how many women will be getting scholarships if men are available with gender related physical skills? Remember, this has nothing to do with gender, just competition. This is going to put women’s sports back 50 years or out of existence with nothing but men playing them. So where is the gain? There isn’t when it starts to decrease the amount of funds to women student athletes which the men will now receive. There goes an education for a vast majority of women that use the programs for that education.
A recent study by the NCAA concluded that less than 2% of college athletes continue on to professional sports. At any given time, there are around 460K student athletes that are holding spots in their respective sports at college level. That will be a lot of scholarship funds that would have been used for women student athletes who haven’t a chance to go pro and are using the funds for an education when those funds will be handed back to men athletes. So what was accomplished with title IX? Now...nothing. It’s just made it full circle.
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