A coalition of school board members and administrators is pressing the organization running the state’s high school sports to adopt policies that prevent biological males from competing in girls’ sports.
The coalition — roughly 60 school leaders penned the April 4 letter — argued that it’s not a “matter of safety and fairness for our female athletes” but also that prohibiting biological boys from competing in girls’ sports “aligns with recent federal directives that reinforce the protection of women’s sports under Title IX.”
In his first few weeks in office, President Donald Trump issued four executive orders related to transgender people, including a declaration that there are two genders — male and female. The order also directed federal agencies to stop using taxpayer money to promote “gender ideology.”…