Nine Republican governors have called on the NCAA to toughen its 'misguided' transgender policy by barring male-born athletes from women's scholastic sports in the interest of competitive fairness.
Pennsylvania transgender swimmer Lia Thomas waits for a preliminary heat in the Women’s NCAA 500-yard freestyle swimming championship, March 17, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. **FILE**to toughen its “misguided” transgender policy by barring male-born athletes from women’s intercollegiate sports in the interest of competitive fairness.
“Policies that allow men and women to compete against one another validate an average male athlete stealing the recognition from a truly remarkable female athlete,” said the letter. “Allyson specialized in the 400-meter race, with a lifetime best of 49.62 seconds,” the governors said. “Yet hundreds of high school aged boys have run faster times than that. Science has proven that male and female bodies are biologically different.”himself from the organization’s transgender battles last month under quizzing from Senate Republicans, but avoided committing to any specific changes.
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