It appears not all 50 states are on board with President Donald Trump’s “Keeping Men Out Of Women’s Sports” executive order signed earlier this week.
Fox News reported that the State of California as well as the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) have said they will not abide by Trump’s order banning transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports.
Not everyone is happy with that stance.
California Family Council Outreach Director Sophia Lorey said this defiance made her feel “disgusted.”
“I am disgusted that CIF is disregarding yesterday’s executive order and instead doubling down on policies that are not only unfair but dangerous for young women across California,” she told Fox News Digital. “By prioritizing their idol of transgender ideology over the safety and rights of female athletes, they are knowingly exposing high school girls to unsafe competition and stripping them of opportunities guaranteed for them under Title IX.”
Lorey added that one day, the CIF will regret its decision.
“One day, the CIF board will look back and realize they chose to be on the wrong side of history. They will have to answer for why they sacrificed the safety, fairness, and dignity of young girls to bow to an ideological agenda,” she said. “But the rest of us will not stand by while female athletes are illegally prevented from competing fairly in their own sports.”
The NCAA has already said it changed its policy so that biological males are no longer allowed to compete in women’s sports.
Youth and high school girls’ sports may be at the mercy of the state they are in.
In California, students at scholastic and collegiate levels have the right to “participate in sex-segregated school programs and activities, including athletic teams and competitions, and use facilities consistent with his or her gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on the pupil’s records,” per state law.
Many posted on X their disapproval of California’s decision to keep allowing transgender athletes to participate in women’s sports:
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