DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS ENDORSE BOYS COMPETING IN GIRLS’ SPORTS in AMICUS BRIEF FOR CASES BEFORE THE US SUPREME COURT

Written By Executive Director

Boston Save Women’s Sports Protest November 5, 2025

On November 17, 2025, 130 Democratic representatives in Congress signed on to an amicus brief for the upcoming women’s sports cases before the United States Supreme Court. The hearing will be held on January 13th, 2026 at 10 AM EST. We are hosting a WoLF Legal Team Listening Session for the SCOTUS hearing, and a debriefing afterwards with our Legal Team. Please email contact@womensliberationfront.org if you’d like to attend the Listening Session.

Many groups have filed amicus briefs for these two possibly precedent-setting cases, including Women’s Liberation Front. You can see the list of all briefs filed for West Virginia v. BPJ here and all the briefs filed for Hecox v. Little here.

The brief filed by the 130 Democratic Congressional representatives is here.

The coalition of Democratic Representatives signing on to the brief was led by Congressional Equality Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Becca Balint, D-V.t., Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández, D-N.M., and Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii. The brief makes specious arguments, such as categorical bans on ‘transgender’ males participating in female sports would hurt actual girls competing in sport, a nonsense claim. In their minds, apparently, if even one boy wants to come on to a girls’ team, every girl must accept him, including in her locker room, shower, and bath room.

This is completely unacceptable, and runs contrary to national polling conducted by the New York Times that shows 67% of Democrats do not want boys to be able to compete against girls in girls’ sports.

In May, WoLF led a coalition to DC to meet with Congressional representatives to talk about women’s rights. We met with several Democratic Senators. They did not sign on to the amicus brief. Even two senators who cancelled their meetings with us out of fear of reprisals from trans activists did not sign on:

Senator Fetterman (PA)

Senator Duckworth (IL) - cancelled her meeting with us

Senator Schumer (NY) - cancelled his meeting with us

Senator Kelly (AZ)

Senator Gillibrand, (NY)

Senator Alsobrooks (MD)

Senator Van Hollen (MD)

Senator Warnock (GA)

Senator Ossoff (GA)

Senator Lujan (NM) - we visited his office and chatted with his staff.

Tim Kaine (VA)

With regard to the Democratic representatives, we noted Reps. Moulton and Suozzi did not sign on to the brief. They expressed concern about boys getting on girls’ sports teams in January, and were hit with a lot of criticism. WoLF supporters sent them emails thanking them for their brave stance. Rep. Garamendi from California met with us in DC, and also did not sign on to the brief. Other notables who didn’t sign on are reps Sherman, Swallwell, and Lofgren from California, and Dingell from Michigan. We noted that out of the 90 House Democrats that didn’t sign, many blue states now look split, with half the reps signing on, and the other half not.

Here is the full list of Democratic Representatives that signed onto the amicus brief in support of boys competing in girls’ sports. The list is in alphabetical order by state.

NameChamberStateDistrict
Terri A. SewellHouseAlabama7
Yassamin AnsariHouseArizona3
Adam SchiffSenateCalifornia
Alex PadillaSenateCalifornia
Doris MatsuiHouseCalifornia7
Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr.HouseCalifornia31
Jared HuffmanHouseCalifornia2
Jimmy GomezHouseCalifornia34
Juan VargasHouseCalifornia52
Judy ChuHouseCalifornia28
Julia BrownleyHouseCalifornia26
Kevin MullinHouseCalifornia15
Lateefah SimonHouseCalifornia12
Linda T. SánchezHouseCalifornia38
Luz RivasHouseCalifornia29
Mark DeSaulnierHouseCalifornia10
Mark TakanoHouseCalifornia39
Maxine WatersHouseCalifornia43
Mike ThompsonHouseCalifornia4
Nancy PelosiHouseCalifornia11
Nanette BarragánHouseCalifornia44
Pete AguilarHouseCalifornia33
Ro KhannaHouseCalifornia17
Robert GarciaHouseCalifornia42
Salud CarbajalHouseCalifornia24
Sam T. LiccardoHouseCalifornia16
Sara JacobsHouseCalifornia51
Scott H. PetersHouseCalifornia50
Sydney Kamlager-DoveHouseCalifornia37
Ted W. LieuHouseCalifornia36
Brittany PettersenHouseColorado7
Diana DeGetteHouseColorado1
Joe CourtneyHouseConnecticut2
Rosa L. DeLauroHouseConnecticut3
Sarah McBrideHouseDelawareAt-Large
Eleanor Holmes NortonHouseDistrict of ColumbiaAt-Large
Frederica S. WilsonHouseFlorida24
Maxwell Alejandro FrostHouseFlorida10
Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr.HouseGeorgia4
Nikema WilliamsHouseGeorgia5
Jill N. TokudaHouseHawaii2
Mazie K. HironoSenateHawaii
Bill FosterHouseIllinois11
Bradley S. SchneiderHouseIllinois10
Danny K. DavisHouseIllinois7
Delia C. RamirezHouseIllinois3
Eric SorensenHouseIllinois17
Jan SchakowskyHouseIllinois9
Jesús G. “Chuy” GarcíaHouseIllinois4
Lauren UnderwoodHouseIllinois14
Mike QuigleyHouseIllinois5
Raja KrishnamoorthiHouseIllinois8
Robin L. KellyHouseIllinois2
Sean CastenHouseIllinois6
André CarsonHouseIndiana7
Sharice L. DavidsHouseKansas3
Chellie PingreeHouseMaine1
April McClain DelaneyHouseMaryland6
Glenn IveyHouseMaryland4
Jamie RaskinHouseMaryland8
Sarah ElfrethHouseMaryland3
Edward MarkeySenateMassachusetts
Elizabeth WarrenSenateMassachusetts
James P. McGovernHouseMassachusetts2
Katherine M. ClarkHouseMassachusetts5
Lori TrahanHouseMassachusetts3
Stephen F. LynchHouseMassachusetts8
William R. KeatingHouseMassachusetts9
Hillary ScholtenHouseMichigan3
Rashida TlaibHouseMichigan12
Shri ThanedarHouseMichigan13
Angie CraigHouseMinnesota2
Betty McCollumHouseMinnesota4
Ilhan OmarHouseMinnesota5
Kelly MorrisonHouseMinnesota3
Emanuel Cleaver, IIHouseMissouri5
Wesley BellHouseMissouri1
Chris PappasHouseNew Hampshire1
Bonnie Watson ColemanHouseNew Jersey12
Frank Pallone, Jr.HouseNew Jersey6
LaMonica McIverHouseNew Jersey10
Rob MenendezHouseNew Jersey8
Teresa Leger FernándezHouseNew Mexico3
Adriano EspaillatHouseNew York13
Alexandria Ocasio-CortezHouseNew York14
George LatimerHouseNew York16
Hakeem JeffriesHouseNew York8
Jerrold NadlerHouseNew York12
Nydia M. VelázquezHouseNew York7
Paul D. TonkoHouseNew York20
Ritchie TorresHouseNew York15
Deborah K. RossHouseNorth Carolina2
Valerie P. FousheeHouseNorth Carolina4
Greg LandsmanHouseOhio1
Joyce BeattyHouseOhio3
Shontel M. BrownHouseOhio11
Andrea SalinasHouseOregon6
Jeff MerkleySenateOregon
Maxine Dexter, M.D.HouseOregon3
Ron WydenSenateOregon
Suzanne BonamiciHouseOregon1
Chris DeluzioHousePennsylvania17
Dwight EvansHousePennsylvania3
Madeleine DeanHousePennsylvania4
Mary Gay ScanlonHousePennsylvania5
Summer L. LeeHousePennsylvania12
Gabe AmoHouseRhode Island1
Steve CohenHouseTennessee9
Al GreenHouseTexas9
Greg CasarHouseTexas35
Jasmine CrockettHouseTexas30
Julie E. JohnsonHouseTexas32
Lizzie FletcherHouseTexas7
Lloyd DoggettHouseTexas37
Sylvia R. GarciaHouseTexas29
Veronica EscobarHouseTexas16
Becca BalintHouseVermontAt-Large
Donald S. Beyer Jr.HouseVirginia8
James R. WalkinshawHouseVirginia11
Jennifer McClellanHouseVirginia4
Robert C. “Bobby” ScottHouseVirginia3
Adam SmithHouseWashington9
Emily RandallHouseWashington6
Patty MurraySenateWashington
Pramila JayapalHouseWashington7
Rick LarsenHouseWashington2
Suzan K. DelBeneHouseWashington1
Gwen S. MooreHouseWisconsin4
Mark PocanHouseWisconsin2
Tammy BaldwinSenateWisconsin


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