As female athletes and lawmakers across the country fight to keep biological males out of women's sports competitions and locker rooms, a Democrat running for Congress says she and her athletes are concerned about the issue. He said he had not.
Sue Altman is running for New Jersey's 7th Congressional District. new york post That she and others in the women's locker room aren't worried about the presence of transgender athletes in women's sports.
“As someone who works to advocate for women's rights and women's sports, I can promise you that in the locker rooms of women's sports teams, we don't worry too much about this,” Altman said. “We worry about whether we can have equal access to gym time, good referees to avoid injuries, good trainers, a fair share of scholarships, equal pay at higher levels. I have done so.”
Altman advocated allowing transgender athletes to compete in women's sports at the youth level, but indicated he would support leaving decisions on whether to allow transgender athletes to compete to individual committees. .
“It will be an individual competition.”[s] The committee decides on the highest and highest levels, but at its core it must respect people of all genders and give young children, especially young people and young adults struggling with gender identity, the opportunity to compete. ” she said. Post.
“I grew up with people who are currently trans and have transitioned from boy to girl to boy.
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New Zealand's Laurel Hubbard, the first transgender Olympian, will compete in the women's 87kg weightlifting final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (Wally Scully/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Altman is a former women's college basketball player who played at Columbia University in the early 2000s. She finished her career there as the eighth leading scorer in history with 964 points. She accomplished this despite playing at Holy Cross as a freshman, transferring to Columbia, and sitting out her sophomore year due to NCAA guidelines.
Altmann also played professionally in Europe with Killer Stars in the Irish Women's Super League in Dublin and Medical Instinct Weirchen in Göttingen, Germany.
Almutan said that although she grew up in a Republican family, her time in Colombia made her more liberal. In an interview with columbia student newspaper In March, she cited the Bush administration's response to 9/11 as a reason for switching allegiances during her college years.
She is currently running against Representative Tom Keene, Jr. (R.N.J.), who has more than 20 years of experience in the House of Representatives.
Altman also said that in response to transgender athletes in women's sports, multiple lawsuits filed by female athletes and at least 24 lawsuits have been filed in response to changes to Title IX by the Biden-Harris administration. It is also being carried out in an election year that is causing There is a man in the women's locker room.
In April, the administration moved to clarify that Title IX's prohibition against “sexual” discrimination in schools covers discrimination based on gender identity, sexual orientation, and “pregnancy or related conditions.” issued sweeping regulations.
Republican governor explains why he ordered schools to ban transgender girls from sports
President Biden and Vice President Harris (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
rule For the first time, the law went into effect on August 1, the law said Discrimination on the basis of gender includes acts related to a person's sexuality Gender identity. The Biden administration argued that the regulation did not address exercise eligibility. However, several experts evidence presented She told Fox News Digital in June that the proposal would ultimately bring more biological males into women's sports.
On August 16th, supreme court 5-4, some of its new rules, including protections from discrimination for transgender students under Title IX, come after more than 20 Republican attorneys general filed suit against the administration to block enforcement. voted to deny the Biden administration's emergency request to enforce the department. .
Meanwhile, Brooks Lasser, a member of San Jose State's women's volleyball team, joined 18 other athletes sue the NCAA Regarding gender identity policy. The suit alleges that Slusser, who transferred to San Jose State University, feared for his safety after discovering that one of his new teammates, Blair Fleming, was transgender. Three of San Jose State's opponents have already had their games against the team forfeited since news of the lawsuit broke.
Former NCAA swimmer and Outkick contributor Riley Gaines talks about her experience competing and sharing a locker room with biologically male transgender athlete Leah Thomas, along with four other NCAA women's athletes. He testified in Georgia. In addition to Gaines, members of the Independent Council for Women in Sport, including Reka Georgie, Kylie Arons, Grace County, and Caitlin Wheeler, have accused the organization of intentionally allowing Thomas to compete. He filed a lawsuit against the NCAA in March for violating Title IX.
The committee's investigation focuses on the 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships, where Thomas competed with the University of Pennsylvania women's swimming team. Gaines competed and ultimately tied Thomas, who identifies as female, for the 2022 200-yard championship.
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University of Pennsylvania swimmer Leah Thomas (left) and Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines are pictured March 18, 2022, after they tied for fifth place in the 200 freestyle final at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. (Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
In the Northeast, far from Mr. Altman's voters, a Republican governor has already passed an executive order to ensure schools prevent biological males from participating in girls' sports.
On August 28, Idaho Governor Brad Little signs an executive order implementing the Women's Sports Defense Act, which issues new protocols for the state's public schools to promote the exclusion of transgender athletes in women's sports. did. In an exclusive interview with FOX News Digital on Aug. 30, Little didn't rule out implementing gender eligibility testing for all women's sports teams, but said “there's really good evidence that it's needed.” It’s necessary,” he added.
But Altman said she wants to reduce barriers for transgender athletes to compete as women for the sake of their mental health.
“When we, as a society, decide that making rules about who is and isn't a woman is more important than giving young children, especially young children, the opportunity to be part of something bigger than themselves. , if we're more likely to commit suicide or be bullied, I think we've lost our way a little bit,” Altman said.
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