WoLF Applauds the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2021
WoLF released a statement last week in support of Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2021, a bill which seeks to “provide that for purposes of determining compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.”
Dr. Mahri Irvine, Executive Director of WoLF, provided this statement of support:
“Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF) applauds the decision of the Republican Study Committee to endorse HR 426. WoLF is a non-partisan agency that represents women of every political affiliation; we believe that women and girls deserve to play in athletic competitions that are fair and safe.
We are gravely concerned about the erosion of women’s rights in the United States, including the loss of women’s and girls’ sports. Over the past few years, we have been witness to the gaslighting of our entire nation. Female athletes, along with their coaches, parents, and fans, have been coerced into participating in a mass delusion: the delusion that males can transform into females. Journalists and news agencies have encouraged and supported this gaslighting by using misleading and inaccurate language about male interference in women’s sports. The Biden administration has profoundly endangered women’s rights under Title IX by including “gender identity” in its definition of sex. “Gender identity” is nothing more than a personal belief system; this personal belief system is being actively promoted by our nation’s president, to the detriment of women and girls everywhere.
HR 426 demonstrates policymakers’ commitment to the protection of women’s sports. No woman or girl should be forced to compete against a male, regardless of how that male “identifies.” The protection of women’s sports is a non-partisan issue; it affects women and girls throughout our country, in every state and in every neighborhood. We appreciate the leadership that the Republican Study Committee has demonstrated by endorsing HR 426.”
WoLF’s statement was widely received and quoted throughout mainstream media during the past week: Fox News, Townhall, and Yahoo are among the outlets who have reprinted the statement entirely or in part.
Dr. Mahri Irvine was also interviewed about WoLF’s stance on men in women’s sports by Fox News regarding the statement and support for HR 426:
“What this bill is doing is addressing such a serious problem of social injustice that we're facing at this time," Irvine said. "Because we've seen over and over again schools at every level – in K-12 schools, as well as colleges and universities that are getting federal funds – we've seen them catering to the interests of trans identified male athletes."
"And they've really been endangering women and girls, their safety on the playing field, as well as women and girls’ privacy in their locker rooms and bathrooms and overnight trips and things like that," she continued. "And so we are really, unfortunately, at the point where we do need federal government overreach in this area. We need there to be some type of a penalty and a punishment and a negative consequence for schools that are continuing to take away opportunities from women and girls and that are continuing to endanger women and girls."