Posted on 04/04/2025 7:16:42 AM PDT by george76
The WIAA was told by the state’s Attorney General Nick Brown and Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal, both Democrats, as well as the state’s Office for Civil Rights, that the proposals would violate state law..
The governing body for high school sports in Washington State has announced that it will not ban men from women’s sports following legal threats from Democrat officials.
Washington state law currently requires educational agencies to allow students to participate in interscholastic sports "that most closely aligns with their gender identity.” The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) previously announced that it had proposed two bylaw amendments that would limit participants in girls’ sports to students who were born as females and prevent students who were born male and now identify as female from competing in girls' sports following multiple headline-grabbing victories by boys in Washington competing in girls' events.
One of the amendments would have created a girls’ division and an "open division." In the “open division,” all students could participate, regardless of whether their gender identity matched the sex they were born as, while the other amendment proposed the creation of a boys division, a girls division, and an "open division."
On Tuesday, WIAA commutations director Sean Bessette said in a statement to The Seattle Times that he had been told by the state’s Attorney General Nick Brown and Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal, both Democrats, as well as the state’s Office for Civil Rights, that the proposals would violate state law.
Bessette told the outlet, "The WIAA has been told by the Attorney General’s office, the Office for Civil Rights, and the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction that proposed amendments ML/HS #7 and ML/HS #8 would be a violation under current Washington state law, affirming our attorney’s legal review. The WIAA remains committed to following state law, and those amendments focused on gender-identity participation would not be implemented on August 1 if they were to pass under current state law." He added, "If state law were to change, the WIAA’s Executive Board has the authority and would need to alter the Association’s rules accordingly."
In May, a biological male won the state girls' 400-meter race by over a full second, leading the East Valley girls' track team from Spokane to a state championship. The following month, the losing team’s coach spoke out against state rules that allow biological males to compete in female-designated sports, telling the Independent Women’s Forum that his team would have won the state championship if it were not for the inclusion of male athletes.
Last month, Reykdal, who has presided over a disastrous decline in Washington academics where it was recently revealed that 71 percent of the State’s eighth graders aren’t proficient in math and 69 percent aren’t proficient in reading despite record spending, threatened to withhold funds from the La Center School District that refused to hide students’ gender identities from parents. He claimed that the decision to inform parents of how a student identifies in school discriminates against students and families regarding gender inclusivity and rights of queer and transgender students.
In February, Reykdal claimed in an interview, “It is quite simply inaccurate to say biologically that there are only boys and only girls," in response to President Donald Trump’s Executive Order that there are only two genders. He added, "DEI is not a harmful thing, it's a good thing," in response to Trump’s executive order banning it.
The day after Trump signed the Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports order, Reykdal issued a statement claiming that the executive order “directly contradicts state law” and “requires educational institutions to agree to discriminate against trans female athletes in order to continue receiving federal funds.” Reykdal continued, “The 47th President of the United States is disregarding the rule of law by attempting to unilaterally impose an attack on the specific student groups that anti-discrimination laws aim to protect,” adding, "Our state law prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity, and we will not back down from that."
He pledged, “Washington state will do everything in our power to defend the rule of law, states' rights to establish education policy, and to protect the beautiful diversity of our 1.1 million students and educators. We believe in inclusion over discrimination and love over hate.”
Brown is joining other Democrat -controlled states in challenging many of Trump’s executive orders in court.
Weird that the government is now forcing men to play with dudes dressed up like women.
The only way this will end is for ALL girls to stop competing against men. Let these men pretending to be women run by themselves around the track, be the only one in the biking competition, the only one on the basketball or volleyball court, all female competitors refuse to compete against a man. Many of them already are.
Also, funny how Dems always reminded us of how federal law supersedes state law when Biden was in office when it came to immigration.
Washington high school about to lose federal funding!
Awful lot of biologists in that region.
If schools won't ban men from women's sports, women should start new leagues just for women. Call them Girl's sports leagues.
Hey you! Yeah, you wit da twig and berries. Outta da pool.
Perverts, all Democrats are perverts.
They’d find a lefty judge immediately to put an end to it as “discriminatory” against trans women.
Know your Voltaire.
How did the democrats get maneuvered into defending this lunacy? They really have to tell the far left in their party to sit down and shut up.
Speaking up for civil rights for minorities was great stuff. Speaking up for gay people had its place too. If you’re not hurting anyone, who cares?
But, this is just a bridge too far. Dudes pretending to be women don’t need to be bolstered by a virtue signaling civil rights movement. They need a psychiatrist.
Attorney General Nick Brown and Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal ar giving aid and comfort to the domestic and foreign enemies of the United States of America.
Women should go on Strike and let these Freaks play with themselves
Democrats force Washington state high school to allow men to play women’s sports.
The guys in school should “discourage” the trannys. The girl’s fathers should “discourage” TPTB who demand this foolishness. THAT will eventually stop it. I am afraid nothing else will. Severe backlash is called for. That is all they will understand.
OK..fair enough. Washington....kiss your Federal $$$ goodbye!
This is what happens when you butcher the language and substitute the word "gender" for "sex".
Men and women compete together in many sports. ALWAYS lots of intrigue expected. LOVE it!!! The guy can’t pick on the opposing woman unless SHE is obnoxious.
ALWAYS interesting.
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