Dear Friend,
We made a slight mistake yesterday regarding the timing of a bill that we asked you to take action on. There are two critical Texas bills that both deal with the transgender agenda. The bill to protect minors from transgender drugs and surgeries (S.B. 14) should be heard soon. But the priority bill – being heard on Monday in the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee – is the bill to protect women’s sports (S.B. 15).
For those of you who have taken action on S.B. 14 already, thank you! You are ahead of the curve—that bill will be heard soon, and we will update you as needed.
But Senate Bill 15 is equally important, and we urgently need your help to ensure it passes out of committee on Monday! That’s when the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee will consider S.B. 15, a bill to protect women’s collegiate sports in Texas. The bill protects female college athletes from having to compete against biologically male athletes.
In recent months, we have seen the stories about an Ivy League man dominating women’s swimming events. He has illegitimately broken women’s records and taken the place of deserving women on the winners’ platform, including at both the Ivy League and NCAA National Championships. Parents are now concerned for their daughters’ sports scholarships and educational opportunities. It is a travesty and one which we need to prevent from happening in Texas.
Along with our friends at Texas Values, who have been critical to the effort to get this bill passed, we need your help making sure it becomes law. The Senate State Affairs Committee will consider S.B. 15 on Monday, and we need you to send a message to your Senator today urging them to vote “Yes” on S.B. 15 and ensure female college athletes in Texas will not have to compete against men.
Let’s ensure the playing field is level for women’s sports! Discrimination against women in the name of social expediency has no place in Texas. Send a message to your senator today requesting that they vote “Yes” on S.B. 15 – it only takes a moment using the form below.
Now is the time to speak up to protect women’s sports in Texas!
Sincerely,
Joseph Kohm III
Director, Public Policy
We are seeing a trend happen across the country. And, not the good kind.
Women are being sidelined by biological males in sports competitions. Examples of this are being seen throughout the country, such as in Connecticut where women athletes have been denied state championship titles due to biological males competing and last year when a biological male robbed female swimmers of their places on NCAA national championship platforms.
This is unfair, unsafe and discriminatory.
The Biden administration is protecting males in women’s sports by embracing policies and rules to promote a radical gender ideology that only harms women and takes away equal opportunity for women in sports competitions.
And, Biden’s Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, has unfortunately stated that he supports the move to allow biological males to compete in women’s sports—a view in direct contradiction with the majority of Americans.
But, together, we can save girls’ sports!
You might have seen the letter that Family Policy Alliance and nearly 30 other allied organizations recently sent to the Biden administration’s Department of Education opposing any proposed rules that would undermine women’s opportunities to excel in sports.
This is unlawful and unthinkable, and FPA is fighting back.
Since 2020, a total of 18 states have passed commonsense protections for women in sports, and many more have introduced legislation this year. Now, we need the federal government to respond. Fortunately, Congressman Greg Steube (R-FL) has introduced a bill in the House to protect equal opportunities for women and girls in athletics, and now more than ever we need you to encourage your member of Congress to support this legislation.
H.R. 734, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, will go a long way to restore women’s chances at a fair competition by enforcing the Title IX provisions that protect women and girls from discrimination and physical harm in athletics. Title IX was enacted in 1972 to advance women’s rights by ensuring no one can be denied equal access to educational opportunities on the basis of sex. Since that time, the number of women and girls in sports has grown from under 300,000 to 3.5 million!
Please take a moment using the form below tell your congressional member to cosponsor the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. Then, share this message with a friend who also supports protecting women and girls from discrimination in sports.
Women and girls deserve better. Thank you for standing to protect and promote equal opportunities!
Sincerely,
Ruth Ward
Director, Government Affairs
On June 23rd, the 50th Anniversary of Title IX, we should have been celebrating 50 years of equal opportunities in education and athletics for women and girls. Instead, the Biden Department of Education continued to peddle its woke agenda by proposing a federal rule that redefines “sex” in Title IX policies to include “sexual orientation” and “gender identity.”
In other words, the Biden Administration is using the federal rulemaking process to take away those opportunities from women and girls and force the LGBT political agenda in every public school, .
TELL THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION YOU OPPOSE REDEFINING SEX IN TITLE IX!
The irony can’t be missed. President Biden intends to use the very law passed to increase women’s opportunities to instead give those opportunities back to men on its 50th anniversary. So much for 50 years of progress.
If this rule goes into effect, the Department of Education will use the power of the Federal Government to:
- Force girls to share private spaces like showers, locker rooms, and bathrooms with males.
- Force girls to lose sex-specific scholarships to males who identify as female.
- Likely further the LGBT political agenda in public school curriculum and policies.
- Silence girls who express concerns about their privacy and safety, and shut down any opposition to transgender ideology by labeling disagreement as “discrimination.”
- Allow students to file official harassment claims if they are not addressed by their preferred pronouns, even when those do not align with their biological sex.
- And much more!
This rule comes from the same administration that deployed the FBI to investigate your community because parents are standing up and speaking out against gender theory and government mandates at their local school board meetings.
But, there is good news! Your voice is making a difference! The Biden Administration originally hinted that the new Title IX rule would also specifically harm girls’ sports. Instead, the movement to #SaveGirlsSports is sweeping the nation. Starting with just Idaho in 2020, now 18 states have laws to save girls’ sports. States—and female athletes and their parents—are pushing back.
In fact, the Biden Administration explicitly excluded girls’ sports from the proposed rule—demonstrating that they know an end to girls’ sports would not be well received by the public.
Keep the momentum going—your voice can make a difference! Please submit a public comment opposing this dangerous rule! Tell the Department of Education you STRONGLY OPPOSE ANY CHANGES in their education policies that redefine “sex” to include “sexual orientation” and “gender identity.”
We’ve provided some comments for you to use, but the more personal you can make your comments, the better!
For example:
Tell the Dept. of Education how this will impact your daughter or family.
Tell the Dept. of Education how this policy violates privacy and opportunities for women.
Tell the Dept. of Education how this will impact students and teachers.
Tell the Dept. of Education how redefining sex in Title IX defeats the purpose of providing opportunities for women.
We encourage you to share this information with your family and friends-every comment can help slow down and may even stop this rule!
Thank you for using your voice to protect women and girls!
For America’s girls,
Nicole Hudgens
Government Affairs
Indiana became the seventeenth state to protect girls’ sports today. The Indiana House and Senate voted 67-28 and 32-15 respectively to override Gov. Eric Holcomb’s veto of HB 1041—the commonsense bill to reserve girls’ sports for females. Now one-third of all states have laws on the books to ensure fairness in female athletics.
As our friends at Indiana Family Institute can tell you, this legislation took on more than one surprising twist on its way to becoming law. The removal of collegiate athletes from the bill was supposed to guarantee its success, but after the House and the Senate voted overwhelmingly to pass it, Gov. Holcomb astonished many by vetoing the bill while claiming efforts to preserve women’s sports was “a worthy cause for sure.”
At a time when biological men are increasingly taking the place of women in female competitions, on female podiums, and for female scholarships, it’s bewildering that a Republican governor from a conservative Midwest state would veto legislation that is widely supported and passed by two-thirds margin in both Indiana chambers. While governors in three other states have done the same this year, two legislatures (Utah and Kentucky) overrode those vetoes just as the Indiana General Assembly did today.
Led by bill sponsors Rep. Michelle Davis and Sen. Stacey Donato, Indiana legislators acted courageously to defend truth and fairness through the passage and veto override of Save Girls’ Sports legislation. We applaud them as we look forward to additional states doing likewise, and one day, preserving girls’ sports in every state.
Thankfully,
Amanda Banks
Next month, the Biden Administration plans to make an announcement that could force schools to let males become women’s sports champions. Here’s how it will happen: the Biden Administration plans to propose a rule that will turn Title IX into the Equality Act for public schools. Specifically, the U.S. Department of Education wants to redefine “sex” in Title IX to include “sexual orientation and gender identity.” This rule will likely apply to every public school, college, and university.
Title IX is a law that was intended to ensure females have equal access to educational opportunities with males, and it helped make girls’ and women’s sports the robust environments they are today. But the Biden Administration wants to redefine federal law to erase these opportunities for women and girls.
This proposed rule will likely:
- Force girls to compete with males in girls’ sports.
- Force girls to share showers, locker rooms, and bathrooms with males.
- Force girls to give up scholarships and opportunities to males who identify as females.
What can you do? Get ready to push back against this rule. The Department of Education is required to allow the public to comment on the proposed rule. Your voice can make a difference!
How?
First, watch this video with Roger Severino, Vice President of Domestic Policy at the Heritage Foundation, as he explains more about what the upcoming Title IX rule will do and how the comment process works. We were honored to sit down with Roger recently to talk about what this all means for you – plus, what’s happening behind the scenes.
Join Us TODAY
Biden’s Attack on Girls Sports (and what you can do about it)
A Conversation with Roger Severino
1 pm ET / 12 pm CT / 11 am MT / 10 am PT
(Seeing this late? You can still join at the links above!)
Second, watch for an upcoming email from Family Policy Alliance that will let you know when the proposed rule has been published. We will include a link for to submit your comment directly to the Federal Register.
Third, share this information with your friends! The more voices speaking out on this important issue, the more we will make a difference!
Stay tuned for more updates!
For women and girls,
Nicole Hudgens
Government Affairs
Rep. Jim Banks, Chairman of the Republican Study Committee, and alumnus of our sister Foundation’s Statesmen Academy, took a bold step in the fight to Save Girls’ Sports. The Biden Administration continues to push an agenda filled with radical gender ideology, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi is following along. So, Rep. Banks’ move would bring a bill protecting female athletes to the House floor for a vote—even if Speaker Pelosi disagrees.
The procedural move is called a “discharge petition.” If enough U.S. House Members sign the discharge petition, Rep. Greg Stube’s (FL-17) bill, H.R. 426, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, could come to the floor for a vote- even without Nancy Pelosi’s approval.
H.R. 426 is a simple bill to ensure American girls can compete in their own sports — without fear of a male taking their spot on the team, scholarship opportunities, or place on the winner’s podium. If the discharge petition for H.R. 426 receives 218 signatures, H.R. 426 will receive a vote on the House Floor.
Tell your Member of Congress to save girls’ sports!
The nation recently watched with dismay as a male swimmer was awarded first place in the NCAA Women’s Swimming Championship. In this event, the NCAA forced women to compete with a male and girls everywhere lost. America’s girls deserve better.
And America agrees with saving girls’ sports. Despite efforts from the “woke” Biden Administration and the NCAA, 15 states now have laws that protect girls’ sports, and polling consistently shows Americans believe girls should have their own sports.
The ball is now in Congress’s court, and this discharge petition will reveal which Members of Congress truly believe in equal opportunities for women. Tell your Member of Congress to save girls’ sports and sign the discharge petition for H.R. 426!
Sincerely,
Nicole Hudgens
Government Affairs
Complete the form below to ask YOUR Member of Congress to protect girls’ sports today!
Last night, the NCAA forced a girl to take second place simply because her opponent was male.
In a race where female swimmer Emma Weyant should have won, Lia Thomas – a male who identifies as female – was instead crowned winner in a national women’s swimming championship.
And the rest of this weekend, he’ll have two opportunities to claim additional women’s titles.
Please ask the NCAA to reverse course and protect female athletes.
This is a reminder of why states across the nation need to Save Girls’ Sports through college! So far, eleven states have passed laws protecting female athletes — including six with protections through college. More must follow suit.
It’s no secret that males have athletic advantages over females. Some of these advantages include greater muscle mass and greater cardiovascular capacity – plus apparent advantages like height.
That’s one reason women have their own sports competitions in the first place.
When female athletes are forced to compete against male athletes, they lose out on scholarships, titles, and career opportunities simply because of their biology.
Ultimately, they lose out on fairness and the opportunity to enjoy a truly competitive environment.
Girls across the country should be able to count on fair athletic contests. But when males are allowed to compete in female contests, the competition can be over before it begins.
That’s why we’re asking you to join us in sending messages to the NCAA asking for fair competition for female athletes. Your message will be delivered directly to NCAA leadership. They need to hear from you.
It’s time to give girls their lane back. Please ask the NCAA to ensure that girls’ sports are just for girls.
Standing with you,
Meridian Baldacci
Director of Strategy
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Dear Friend,
This week, Lia Thomas, a biological male, will compete in the women’s NCAA National Swimming Championship. He has already won events at the Ivy League Championships, and now he has his eye on the National Championship.
This is a crisis moment for women’s rights.
Growing up, I watched my sister become a world-class softball player. I watched her toil in early mornings, late nights, two-a-day practices, and long tournaments away from home. I watched my family sacrifice time, money, and opportunities for her to achieve her dream of playing softball in the NCAA Tournament. She, and we, did all this because she loved to play—she was at her happiest when her bat connected with the ball for a homerun. And even though she is a successful professional in the workforce now, I know she misses playing every day.
She, and so many other women like her, represent a crowning achievement of the fight for women’s rights. Thanks to Title IX and the hard work of women in generations past, girls and women have equal opportunity in education and athletics.
Now, the NCAA is putting all of those opportunities at risk.
We need your help to protect women and girls.
The reality is that males, particularly men who have gone through puberty, retain significant physical advantages over women even after hormone treatment. And in college sports, where the competition is tighter and the margins slimmer, those advantages mean the difference between winning and losing.
When Lia Thomas competed with men, he was ranked below #400. Now that he competes against women, Lia Thomas is ranked #1.
This is why we are raising our voice loud and clear: women’s sports should be just for women.
The American people agree: in a Gallup poll last year, 62 percent of U.S. adults thought that “transgender athletes…should only be allowed to play on sports teams that match their birth gender.” Another poll from Morning Consult and Politico found a similar result.
Family Policy Alliance is standing for the rights of young women to pursue their athletic dreams, and for a level playing field as they pursue scholarships, championships and even career opportunities. Since the launch of our #SaveGirlsSports campaign in 2020, six states have passed laws that protecting female athletes all the way through college; states like Arizona, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Missouri all have the opportunity to pass similar bills protecting female college athletes this year.
Your partnership with Family Policy Alliance helps make this possible.
The bottom line is this: Lia Thomas will probably win the National Championship events he swims in—but even if he doesn’t, he will have taken the place of a deserving young woman who’s worked her whole life for the dream of being there and standing on a podium. A woman like my sister – or like your sister, or wife or daughter – or even like yourself.
Let’s turn the tide.
Thank you for partnering with us to protect the rights and dreams of our girls!
Sincerely,
Joseph Kohm signature
Joseph Kohm III
Public Policy DIrector
P.S. The Left wants this moment to mark the beginning of a trend. But we know that it should be a wake-up call to protect athletes across the nation. Will you help make that reality?
We have a request for your urgent help.
The Senate Committee on Education is hearing SB 140, a bill to protect girls sports in Alaska. The bill protects female athletes from having to compete against biologically male athletes in grades K-12. This is a huge step in the right direction!
In recent weeks, we have seen the stories about an Ivy League man dominating women’s swimming events. He has illegitimately broken women’s records and taken the place of deserving women on the winners’ platform, including at the Ivy League Championship. Parents are now concerned for their daughters’ sports scholarships and educational opportunities. It is a travesty and one which we need to prevent from happening in Alaska.
The full Alaska Senate may soon consider SB 140, and we need you to send a message to your representative today urging them to vote “Yes” on SB 140 and ensure college girls in Alaska will not have to compete against men.
Let’s ensure the playing field is level for ALL girls’ sports. Discrimination against girls in the name of social expediency has no place in Alaska. Send a message to your representative today requesting that they vote “Yes” on SB 140 – it only takes a moment in our Action Center.
Now is the time to speak up to protect girls’ sports in Alaska!
Sincerely,
Joseph Kohm III
Director, Public Policy
We have a request for your urgent help.
The Senate Committee on Education is hearing SB 140, a bill to protect girls sports in Alaska. The bill protects female athletes from having to compete against biologically male athletes in grades K-12. This is a huge step in the right direction!
In recent weeks, we have seen the stories about an Ivy League man dominating women’s swimming events. He has illegitimately broken women’s records and taken the place of deserving women on the winners’ platform, including at the Ivy League Championship. Parents are now concerned for their daughters’ sports scholarships and educational opportunities. It is a travesty and one which we need to prevent from happening in Alaska.
The full Alaska Senate may soon consider SB 140, and we need you fill out the form below to send a message to your representative today urging them to vote “Yes” on SB 140 and ensure college girls in Alaska will not have to compete against men.
Let’s ensure the playing field is level for ALL girls’ sports. Discrimination against girls in the name of social expediency has no place in Alaska. Send a message to your representative today requesting that they vote “Yes” on SB 140 – it only takes a moment in using the form below.
Now is the time to speak up to protect girls’ sports in Alaska!
Sincerely,
Joseph Kohm III
Director, Public Policy
PS – The form you need is right here.
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