Why Are Females Battling for Their Own Sports Teams?

Families, communities, and nations are stronger when the rights of biological females are protected. I am pleased to report that the board of education for the State of Alaska “voted to ban males who believe they are female from competing on girls’ high school sports teams.” Andre Chapados at The Blaze reported that the applicable legislation states that “the athletes must be born female” to play on a female team. Chapados continued with the following information.

The state board voted on an amendment that stated it “ensures fairness, safety, and equal opportunity for female students in high school athletics.”

“If a separate high school athletics team is established for female students, participation shall be limited to females who were assigned female at birth,” the rule added.

The new regulation would apply to all schools and districts that join the Alaska School Activities Association, the regulating body for high school sports in the state, the Hill reported.

Current guidelines allow each school to make its own determination about transgender athletes being permitted in sports with the opposite sex. The rule states that once a student is assigned to a gender category, that decision “shall remain in effect for the duration of the student’s high school eligibility.”

If a school does not have a written policy, then the athletic association’s default position is that the student “may only participate based upon gender assigned at birth.”

As expected, the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska claims that the amendment is a form of “discrimination.” I am proud of Alaska Republican Governor Mike Dunlevy who has been outspoken for months about the issue. He has attempted to pass bills regarding boys in girls’ sports and controversies about boys in the girls’ changing rooms.

Last year, Governor Dunleavy posted on Twitter/now X: “As a father of three daughters, watching the deterioration of a girl’s ability to participate in athletics is alarming. To have biological males competing against biological females nullifies the fair nature of competitive sports.”

The war to protect the rights of women and girls to have their own sports teams and competitions will continue. However, females are seeing some victories in the scattered battles. Competitive sports give girls and women lots of opportunities to develop skills and relationships that help them long after the team disburses. Our society – families, communities, and nations -- is stronger when we protect the rights of all people, particularly the more vulnerable among us.