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A tough stretch for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., got worse Tuesday when she watched members of her party vote for a bill she attacked at the expense of widespread mockery. Ocasio-Cortez's viral rant against the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act wasn't enough to convince Democratic allies Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez, both of Texas, to vote against the bill. Cuellar and Gonzalez joined 218 House Republicans who voted for the bill that seeks to prevent federally funded educational institutions from allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls and women's sports. For Ocasio-Cortez, the notion of Democratic congressmen...

A bill preventing transgender women from competing in female sports at schools across the country narrowly cleared the House of Representatives Tuesday. Just two Democrats joined with 216 Republicans in voting for the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which states that schools receiving federal funds would violate the law if they “permit a person whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls.” All 206 “nay” votes came from Democrats. Rep. Don Davis (D-NC) voted “present” while a pair of Texans, Henry Cuellar and Vincente Gonzalez bucked...

Former NCAA athlete Riley Gaines delivered a scathing message to 'shameful' Democrats after just two voted in favor of a law banning transgender athletes in women's sports. The US House of Representatives passed its first bill in the 119th Congress on Tuesday, voting in favor of the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act - ensuring only people assigned female at birth can participate in women and girls athletics. The revolutionary act received a 218-206 vote as all Republicans voted in its favor along with just two Democrats, Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez. North Carolina Representative Don Davis, a...

The judge found the rule change went beyond Title IX, which is aimed at preventing discrimination on the basis of sex.A federal judge on Jan. 9 scrapped the Education Department’s attempt to expand Title IX protections to people who identify as transgender, finding that the 2024 rule is illegal.Title IX forbids discrimination on the basis of sex. It applies to schools that receive federal funding.The Department of Education (DOE), in its rule, made it illegal to discriminate on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation.States sued, and a judge blocked the rule while the legal case proceeded. That judge,...

The new Republican-controlled 119th House of Representatives, convened Friday, has already fast tracked a bill that would ban men in women’s sports. The bill was moved forward as part of the 119th rules package, which allowed 12 bills “on a glide path to a vote on the House floor without allowing for hearings or amendments, by limiting debate, and waiving all the other chamber rules,” GovTrack reported. The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act was reintroduced Friday by U.S. Rep. Greg Steube, a Florida Republican, along with 56 Republican cosponsors. “This legislation allows women and girls a fair...

Taylor Starling, a high school cross-country runner at Martin Luther King High School in Riverside, California, lost her spot on the varsity team earlier this season to a transgender transfer student. Multiple parents of students at Martin Luther King have told Fox News Digital that the school has allowed the trans athlete to compete on the varsity cross-country team despite missing practices for academic reasons. These parents include Starling's father, longtime firefighter Ryan Starling, and construction subcontractor Dan Slavin, father to Kaitlyn, another runner on the team. "The fact that the male athlete was able to compete while attending less...

Caitlin Clark was named AP’s Female Athlete of the Year without much competition, but one person who received votes was the cause for much controversy over the summer. A group of 74 sports journalists from The Associated Press and its members voted on the award. Clark received 35 votes, Olympic gymnast Simone Biles was second with 25. But Olympic gold medalist boxer Imane Khelif was third, getting four votes. Khelif qualified for the Paris Olympics, but Khelif’s gender was called into question following a disqualification from the 2023 championships before a gold medal bout over gender eligibility issues. IBA President...

AG Ken Paxton (TX) is suing @NCAA for "engaging in false, deceptive, and misleading practices by marketing sporting events as "women's" competitions" then allowing men to participate. This is AWESOME. Hit them where it hurts👏🏼🔥 I hope more states do the same.

In a new documentary from the Independent Women's Forum, "Kill Shot: How Payton McNabb Turned Tragedy Into Triumph," a former high school athlete is hoping to prevent other women and girls from experiencing what happened to her. In 2022, her dreams of pursuing college sports were shattered when a boy who "identified" as a girl spiked a volleyball with such force that she was almost killed. https://notthebee.com/article/watch-former-high-school-volleyball-player-payton-mcnabb-gives-testimony-about-major-injury-she-sustained-after-being-injured-by-an-opposing-trans-student McNabb was knocked unconscious for 30 seconds, and was later diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury, a brain bleed, partial paralysis, and a partial loss of vision. "If my story can in any...

It’s safe to say Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and NCAA President Charlie Baker won’t be exchanging Christmas cards any time soon. Baker, the infamous collegiate sports boss who’s allowed female athletes to be tormented by biological men for his entire tenure, flew to D.C. for what he thought would be a congressional hearing about sports betting. Instead, it turned into an explosive takedown of the NCAA’s wildly unpopular trans policy. From the opening gavel, there was no love lost for Baker, who’s presided over one of the most contentious chapters in college sports history.

A California high school caved to a student uprising after hundreds of students showed up wearing T-shirts that read "Save Girls' Sports" to protest a trans athlete on the cross-country team, defying the school's latest dress code. The school had previously put students in detention for wearing the shirts. But a source told Fox News Digital that the school did not dress-code students when they showed up wearing the shirts on Wednesday. Parents of the school's students provided an update to California Family Council outreach director Sophia Lorey, claiming that administrators had a meeting Wednesday morning where faculty was instructed...

Piecemeal decisions at lower courts have created a shifting legal landscape across the nation, advocates say A federal court’s decision last week to allow a biological male at San Jose State University to compete in a women’s collegiate volleyball tournament added yet another layer to the growing patchwork of legal rulings surrounding transgender athletes. That case is still working its way through lower courts, but the decision has led opponents to renew their pleas for a Supreme Court ruling on the issue.

This case has been going through lower courts in Minnesota for a few years after a transgender woman sued U.S.A. Powerlifting (USAPL) for denying her from competing in the women’s division. The Minnesota Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments in the case of a Minnesota-based transgender powerlifter, Jaycee Cooper, who is suing USAPL for denying her entry to compete in the women’s division. "They rejected her application because she’s transgender," said Jess Braverman, legal director of Gender Justice. That incident happened in 2018. Braverman said with their help, Cooper sued USAPL in 2021 alleging it violated the Minnesota Human Rights...

Controversial transgender golfer Hailey Davidson is lashing out at the LPGA Tour after the organization announced its surprise policy change to ban most transgender athletes from competition. The women’s pro golf organization announced its policy update on Wednesday with changes including a ban on any trans player who “transitioned” from male to female after puberty. The new rule would affect the largest number of transgender golfers because few transgenders undergo transitions before puberty. Davidson has been campaigning to obtain an LPGA pro card since 2021 and had been steadily racking up victories on the NXXT Tour until that organization paused...

The San Jose State women’s volleyball team continues to face nationwide criticism from people who are claim that the club has a transgender player on the roster. Amid the controversy, several teams have already boycotted their games against San Jose State in recent months. Several athletes from various schools have also filed a federal lawsuit to stop the San Jose State player from taking part in championship games, CNN reported. The San Jose State player who is at the center of the controversy has not made any public comments on the situation. Although the player has been on the team...

San Jose State University will face Colorado State Saturday at the Mountain West Conference tournament final in women’s volleyball after a months-long controversy and ongoing legal challenges claiming there is a transgender player on the team. Over the last several months, multiple teams in the Mountain West Conference, as well as one other team, refused to play against San Jose State. The dispute continued as several athletes from various schools in the conference filed a federal lawsuit earlier this month seeking to stop a San Jose State player from competing in championship games....... Neither the player in question nor San...

Awomen's volleyball team with a transgender player has advanced to the final of a championship tournament without playing a single match after their opponents refused to compete against them. The San Jose State University Spartans progressed to the Mountain West Conference tournament final when Boise State University dropped out of Friday's semi-final in protest over the inclusion of transgender player Blaire Fleming....... The Spartans, who accumulated six forfeit victories during the regular season, will now face either Colorado State or San Diego State in Saturday's championship match.

Reporters attending the Mountain West Conference volleyball tournament in Las Vegas will not be permitted to speak with Blaire Fleming, the reportedly transgender San Jose State star at the center of an ongoing gender controversy within the sport. As a school spokesperson told Outkick.com, San Jose State players are not expected to be available to reporters during the tournament. 'We do not anticipate facilitating any interviews with players or coaches during the Mountain West Tournament,' a school spokesperson wrote in an email to Outkick.com. However, her Spartans teammate and SJSU co-captain Brooke Slusser is named as a plaintiff in a...

JK Rowling claims the BBC is 'spitting in women's faces' by naming Barbra Banda as Women's Footballer of the Year despite failing to meet gender eligibility rules. Zambia and Orlando Pride striker Banda won the title as she received the most votes from BBC Sport website readers after being included on a five-player shortlist. But Banda's place in the running for the annual prize was criticised by women's rights groups because she was previously left out of the Women's Africa Cup of Nations in 2022 by team bosses over allegedly having high testosterone levels.

A federal judge ruled Monday that a member of the San Jose State women’s volleyball team, who’s been at the center of a transgender controversy, can participate in the Mountain West Conference tournament that begins Wednesday, according to The New York Times. Judge S. Kato Crews, an appointee of President Biden to the U.S. District Court in Colorado, made the decision amid a national transgender controversy over Blaire Fleming, a redshirt senior who joined the Spartans in 2022. “San José State University will continue to support its student-athletes and reject discrimination in all forms,” the university said in a statement...