Education Department calls for school sports organizations to strip trans athletes of titles, awards
Link to Full Article (https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5140745-education-department-trans-athletes-trump-executive-order-ncaa-nfhs/)
The Hill - Brooke Migdon
02/12/25 12:06 PM ET
The Department of Education is calling for organizations that govern high school and college athletics to revoke records, titles and awards won by transgender female athletes, part of an ongoing effort by President Trump to permanently ban transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports and institute policies that largely deny the existence of trans people.
The NCAA and the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) should move to immediately "restore to female athletes the records, titles, awards, and recognitions misappropriated by biological males competing in female categories," the Education Department said Tuesday in a news release.
"The Trump Education Department will do everything in our power to right this wrong and champion the hard-earned accomplishments of past, current, and future female collegiate athletes," Candice Jackson, the department's deputy general counsel, said in a statement.
NFHS CEO Karissa Niehoff told The Hill in a phone call on Wednesday that the organization only keeps track of national high school sports records and does not have mandate authority or accountability over state associations and the awarding of athletic achievements like trophies and medals. To the NFHS's knowledge, a transgender athlete has never set a national record, she said.
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Be careful with those headlines Lori! Since there is a character limit for the topic heading, sometimes it can cause unintended consequences. When I saw:
'Education Department calls for school sports organizations to strip trans'
I thought they were going to call for genital inspections!
Love always -- Jessica Rose
Quote from: Jessica_Rose on February 12, 2025, 11:49:58 AMBe careful with those headlines Lori! Since there is a character limit for the topic heading, sometimes it can cause unintended consequences. When I saw:
'Education Department calls for school sports organizations to strip trans'
I thought they were going to call for genital inspections!
Love always -- Jessica Rose
I was going to try to change it to "titles" but the character limit would still cut it.
BTW, good job on all the news stories you have been posting. You find all the good stuff. ;D
OK, fixed it!
Thanks!
Quote from: Lori Dee on February 12, 2025, 11:43:11 AMThe NCAA and the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) should move to immediately "restore to female athletes the records, titles, awards, and recognitions misappropriated by biological males competing in female categories," the Education Department said Tuesday in a news release.
But... umm... there aren't any.
What?
Our records do not show that any transgender high school athlete has ever won a national record.
But, what about their "physical advantage"?
Sorry, Sir, but our records do not show any advantage, nor that any titles, records, or awards were misappropriated by anyone competing in female sports. Maybe you have it all wrong?
;D