Democrats push back across the nation after voters approve girls' sports protections
Democrats are turning Election Day victories for the "save women's sports" movement into fresh fights to reject the will of American voters.
Key points
- ADF SEEKS TO DEFEND WASHINGTON GIRLS' SPORTS MEASURE, ARGUES STATE CANNOT FULLY REPRESENT FEMALE ATHLETES Brown said the arrangement would ensure the initiative receives a defense while allowing his office to continue its other work protecting transgender rights.
- Alliance Defending Freedom filed a motion on behalf of Female Athletes United to defend Washington’s voter-approved girls sports initiative against an ACLU-backed lawsuit, arguing that the state cannot adequately represent the athletes’ interests, on Friday.
- In Colorado, voters approved Proposition 134 with approximately 52% support, requiring school and college sports teams to be designated male, female or coeducational and generally tying participation to biological sex.
Voters in four states approved measures restricting transgender participation in school sports this month, but Democratic leaders in Washington and Colorado are either backing court challenges or considering changes to what voters passed.
Additional details
- It prohibits biological males from competing in female school sports and requires students seeking to participate in girls’ athletics to provide healthcare documentation verifying their sex.
- The lawsuit argues that the measure discriminates against transgender girls and imposes unequal privacy burdens on girls seeking to play school sports.
- The battle over girls' sports is moving from ballot boxes to courtrooms as the years-long national debate has gotten a new wrinkle this month.
- Seattle’s school board separately authorized legal action over the measure, citing concerns about privacy, equal treatment and conflicts with existing protections.
- "We’re going to have to take a look at these anti-trans measures and what adjustments are necessary and appropriate," Weiser said after the election, according to reporting by The Colorado Sun published by Colorado Public Radio.
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