The Biden Administration Is Wrong on Trans Women Competing in Sports

Adult males who have only recently ‘identified’ as women are taking top prizes away from female athletes.

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Then-Penn Quakers swimmer Lia Thomas holds a trophy after finishing fifth in the 200 free at the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships as then-Kentucky Wildcats swimmer Riley Gaines looks on at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Ga., March 18, 2022.

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The Biden administration has proposed a rule — purportedly based on Title IX, which bars discrimination in education “on the basis of sex” — that would make it illegal for schools to bar males who “identify” as transgender women from competing in women’s sports teams.

The stakes are high: A school that fails to comply could lose federal funding.

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John Fund is National Review’s national-affairs reporter.

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David M. Simon

David M. Simon is a senior fellow with Unleash Prosperity and a lawyer in Chicago.

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