Female track and field records falling - LGBT agenda

Female high school and college track and field records are dropping like flies. A single college athlete now holds ten separate college track championships for women. In Connecticut, two athletes have gone head to head for two years in a row in several events, seemingly smashing female records at every matchup.

What accounts for this assault on the record books? Is it improved training? Advanced racing techniques? Better equipment?

It's none of these things. Female athletic records are falling because biological men are being allowed to compete against girls and women. And the men are dominating the competition.

In their politically-correct desire to accommodate all things LGBT, many high school and college athletic federations now allow men to compete against girls and women with no restrictions simply by declaring that they "identify" as a female. The consequences of this go well beyond political correctness, however. They go to the core of our decades-long societal effort to bring equality to female athletics as set out in Title IX, and they have profoundly negative implications for female athletes who are seeking to win college scholarships.

Our friends at Alliance Defending Freedom this week filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights on behalf of Selina Soule and two other Connecticut high school female athletes who have been negatively impacted by the policy of the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference. Selina said it succinctly in an interview with the Associated Press: "We all know the outcome of the race before it even starts; it's demoralizing."

Because of the Connecticut transgender policy, Selina lost out on the right to compete in the New England Regional Championships where she would have been exposed to numerous college scouts. Male athletes took two spots in the female regional championships, spots that Selina and another female athlete would otherwise have won.

We wish Selina and ADF well as they challenge the unfairness of this transgender athlete policy at the federal level. However, there is a legislative effort underway to enshrine this unfair treatment of female athletes in law.

Among other provisions, the grossly misnamed Equality Act (HR 5/S. 788) provides that males may compete as females in athletic competitions simply by declaring their "gender identity" as females. Defeating this legislation, which we call the InEquality Act, is our top legislative priority.

Because of the Connecticut transgender policy, Selina lost out on the right to compete in the New England Regional Championships where she would have been exposed to numerous college scouts. Male athletes took two spots in the female regional championships, spots that Selina and another female athlete would otherwise have won.

We wish Selina and ADF well as they challenge the unfairness of this transgender athlete policy at the federal level. However, there is a legislative effort underway to enshrine this unfair treatment of female athletes in law.

Among other provisions, the grossly misnamed Equality Act (HR 5/S. 788) provides that males may compete as females in athletic competitions simply by declaring their "gender identity" as females. Defeating this legislation, which we call the InEquality Act, is our top legislative priority.