In recent years, many left-wing states, cities and school districts have implemented policies that erase women. This includes allowing biological males who believe they are “transgender women” to use women’s restrooms, locker rooms, and play on their sports teams. In some states, like California, prisoners can be locked up in facilities that correspond to their gender identity instead of their biological sex. This week, one Republican-led state took action against such policies.
GOP Gov. Jim Pillen of Nebraska signed an Executive Order this week that enshrines biological sex into state law. The order directs state agencies to define “female” and “male” as a person’s sex they were “assigned at birth,” and does not include the term “transgender.”
Last month, Oklahoma GOP Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a similar order. According to NBC News, Nebraska’s order effectively limits transgender people’s access to certain spaces:
The Nebraska and Oklahoma orders both include definitions for the words “man,” “boy,” “woman,” “girl,” “father” and “mother.” They specifically define a female as a person “whose biological reproductive system is designed to produce ova” and a male as a person whose “biological reproductive system is designed to fertilize the ova of a female.”
Both state orders direct schools and other state agencies to use those definitions when collecting vital statistics, such as data on crime and discrimination.
It's Common Sense.
— Governor Jim Pillen (@TeamPillen) August 31, 2023
Men do not belong in women's only spaces. https://t.co/oxUdRPl5J8 pic.twitter.com/P7PMMPjzuX
“It is common sense that men do not belong in women’s only spaces,” Pillen said in a statement. “As Governor, it is my duty to protect our kids and women’s athletics, which means providing single-sex spaces for women’s sports, bathrooms, and changing rooms.”
The order clearly states: “There are legitimate reasons to distinguish between the sexes with respect to athletics, prisons or other detention facilities, domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, locker rooms, restrooms, and other areas where biology, safety, and/or privacy are implicated[.]”
Riley Gaines, a former swimmer for the University of Kentucky who competed against “transgender” swimmer Will “Lia” Thomas, shared on Twitter that she met with Pillen about the order days before he signed it.
“THAT is leadership,” she wrote, thanking the governor for “protecting nearly 1 million Nebraskan women.”
Met with Governor Pillen about signing an EO on the Women's Bill of Rights on 8/27...
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) August 31, 2023
Gov Pillen signed an EO on the Women's Bill of Rights on 8/30.
THAT is leadership. Thanks for implementing @IWV's WBOR and protecting nearly 1 million Nebraskan women. The tide is turning. pic.twitter.com/pNCKXSIxLl
This week, Townhall reported how a Nebraska lawmaker, Sen. Megan Hunt, suggested that Gaines was a “sore loser” because “lost a trophy” competing against Thomas at the NCAA championships last year. Hunt failed to realize that Gaines and Thomas actually tied in their race.
It can be hard, when we're young, to not win a trophy sometimes. But we grow up and realize it’s not the end of the world and we don't need to turn that loss into our entire personality. https://t.co/Y0039RdclU
— Senator Megan Hunt (@NebraskaMegan) August 28, 2023
“It’s not about a trophy & never has been,” Gaines responded. “That trophy is meaningless & devalued entirely. It's about the message it sends to us…Nebraska girls deserve better than you.”
Love all the quote tweets and replies calling this exactly what it is: misogyny. I hope your constituents see this. Get ratio'd @NebraskaMegan
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) August 28, 2023
