Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

New Hampshire Becomes Latest State to Ban Biological Males in Girls' Sports
Red State ^ | 07/20/2024 | Jeff Charles

Posted on 07/20/2024 4:49:48 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

New Hampshire Republican Governor Chris Sununu has joined 24 other states in signing legislation barring biological males from playing in girls’ sports.

The new law bans trans-identified athletes in grades five through 12 from playing on teams that do not align with their gender identity as indicated on their birth certificates.

The bill passed by the Republican-led Legislature would require schools to designate all teams as either girls, boys or coed, with eligibility determined based on students' birth certificates “or other evidence.” Supporters of the legislation said they wanted to protect girls from being injured by larger and stronger transgender athletes.

Sununu signed the bill Friday, saying in a statement it “ensures fairness and safety in women’s sports by maintaining integrity and competitive balance in athletic competitions.” It takes effect in 30 days.

Megan Tuttle, president of NEA-New Hampshire, a union representing public school employees, criticized Sununu.

“Public schools should be safe, welcoming environments for all students, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity," she said in a statement. "Shame on Governor Sununu for signing into law this legislation that excludes students from athletics, which can help foster a sense of belonging that is so critical for young people to thrive.”

Gov. Sununu also signed a measure that would prohibit gender-affirming surgeries for children experiencing gender dysphoria.

It would not be surprising to see New Hampshire’s law challenged in court. Other states that have passed similar legislation are facing lawsuits aimed at striking down these measures. A federal appeals court recently overturned West Virginia’s law protecting female athletes.

The “Save Women’s Sports Act” was enacted about three years ago before being overturned on Tuesday by the court. However, state officials vowed to continue fighting for the law.

The ban in West Virginia was originally signed into law by Gov. Jim Justice in 2021, and introduced as the “Save Women’s Sports Act.” It required that any official or unofficial school-sanctioned event involving athletics determine each athlete’s participation in the event “based on the athlete’s biological sex as indicated on the athlete’s original birth certificate issued at the time of birth,” effectively barring transgender students from participating.

The ruling from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the law cannot lawfully be applied to a 13-year-old girl who has been taking puberty-blocking medication and publicly identified as a girl since she was in the third grade.

In February 2023, the court blocked the state’s bid to kick Becky Pepper Jackson off of her middle school track and field team if the law were enforced.

Judge Toby Heytens wrote that offering her a “choice” between not participating in sports and participating only on boys teams “is no real choice at all.”

“The defendants cannot expect that B.P.J. will countermand her social transition, her medical treatment, and all the work she has done with her schools, teachers, and coaches for nearly half her life by introducing herself to teammates, coaches, and even opponents as a boy,” Heytens wrote.

The majority of Americans do not believe biological males should be allowed to participate in women’s sports, according to a survey conducted in 2023. It revealed that about 69 percent of Americans believe “athletes should only play on teams that match their birth gender.”



TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: failedmaleathletes; lgbt; newhampshire; nh; savewomenssports; sports; transathletes; transgender; womenssports

1 posted on 07/20/2024 4:49:48 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Why don’t tranny girls ever want to go out for boys’ football or wrestling? The boys wouldn’t mind the wrestling, but they might get killed in football.


2 posted on 07/20/2024 5:04:03 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Clhild in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Parents with school age children would be wise to ask themselves why government schools teachers are so gung-ho mixing mentally ill trannies with their normal children

Especially their daughters


3 posted on 07/20/2024 5:13:12 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ("If you can remember the 60s....you weren't really there")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Good!!!


4 posted on 07/20/2024 5:57:36 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Ha ha fags


5 posted on 07/20/2024 6:00:27 PM PDT by OldHarbor (strained statutory arguments, appeals to inconsistent history, reliance on out-of-circuit authority)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

So 25 states. Half of them. So far so good.


6 posted on 07/20/2024 6:01:29 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind; Jim Noble

I went to grad school in Vermont (brrr!) many moons ago, and have wondered ever since why New Hampshire has way more sense than Vermont. I just don’t get it. What is it?


7 posted on 07/20/2024 6:05:16 PM PDT by CatHerd (Whoever said "all's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind
Excellent!
Also, while I am posting to you about SJL ;)
On Wednesday, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) slammed a GOP bill to ban transgender students from women's and girls' sports. (April 19, 2023) RIP
8 posted on 07/20/2024 6:09:46 PM PDT by small farm girl
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: CatHerd

54% of NH is Christian, only 45% of Vermont is, there’s your difference.


9 posted on 07/20/2024 6:24:57 PM PDT by Truthsearcher
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: small farm girl

(Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) slammed a GOP bill to ban transgender students from women’s and girls’ sports. (April 19, 2023))

Unbelievable

What a legacy. Madness.


10 posted on 07/20/2024 6:42:46 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: Truthsearcher

Ah. That is enlightening.Thank you!


11 posted on 07/20/2024 6:44:01 PM PDT by CatHerd (Whoever said "all's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: OldHarbor
This madness that Satan has unleashed upon the world 🌏🌎🌍

There is a determined effort to normalize this all over the world 🌏🌎🌍. I'm encouraging people not to attend nor support this stuff. 

The logical outcome of blindly following a false prophet
preaching a 'post-Christian' America




The apostasy and the Days of Lot are upon us.

As prophesied by Jesus Christ Himself.


Do NO harm, Christians, but reject this Godless Reprobate Agenda. (For the thread)




12 posted on 07/20/2024 6:46:55 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: small farm girl

Just ONCE I wish one prominent Democrat would repent of that evil, the abortion evil, the homosexual agenda LGBT LGBTQ reprobate spirit of antichrist evil and denounce all that they stood for.

Just ONCE, on a major media. Even OANN or RSB.

Just ONCE. At least.

✝️🙏🛐🙏🙏🙏🛐🛐🛐✝️✝️


13 posted on 07/20/2024 6:57:53 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Common sense. Whew


14 posted on 07/20/2024 10:40:05 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Eleutheria5

I’m 49 and I still wrestle. I’ve never been in a match with a female though. And never will. Gender bending? Homey don’t play that!


15 posted on 07/21/2024 4:28:25 AM PDT by Big Brother Go to Hell
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Big Brother Go to Hell

Well, there’s wrestling and there’s wrestling


16 posted on 07/21/2024 12:26:15 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Clhild in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson