The erasure of women by “trans women” in sports was pushed to the forefront two years ago by Will “Lia” Thomas. Thomas, who is a man, competed on the women’s swim team at the University of Pennsylvania after competing on the men’s team for three years.
Predictably, Thomas robbed biological women of opportunities and won races competing against women. At the NCAA championships, Thomas took home a NCAA Division I Title. And, when he tied against Riley Gaines at the NCAA championships, he was permitted to take the trophy home, while Gaines left empty-handed.
This week, one governing body in college sports decided to take a stand against athletes like Thomas competing against women.
On Monday, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced that biological males will not be permitted to compete in women’s sports. The NAIA is a governing body for 249 small colleges across America.
The policy was approved by a 20-0 vote, according to CBS Sports. A survey conducted late last year indicated widespread support for the rule.
"We know there are a lot of different opinions out there," NAIA president Jim Carr told CBS Sports in a statement. "For us, we believed our first responsibility was to create fairness and competition in the NAIA. ... We also think it aligns with the reasons Title IX was created. You're allowed to have separate but equal opportunities for women to compete."
Carr added that these athletes could compete in men’s sports.
"It's important to know that the male sports are open to anyone," he added.
Previously, the NCAA announced that the national governing bodies of each sport could determine their own policies surrounding transgender athletes. This came after so-called “transgender” athletes Thomas competed against biological women and won.
Earlier this year, Townhall reported how “transgender” swimmer Will “Lia” Thomas had been engaged in a “secret” legal battle in hopes of overturning a rule established by World Aquatics prohibiting males who think they’re “transgender” from competing against women.
And, Gaines, and many other athletes, have sued the NCAA over its policies that permit athletes like Thomas to compete against women.
The complaint said that "NCAA has aligned with the most radical elements of the so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda on college campuses” and “[destroyed] female safe spaces in women’s locker rooms by authorizing naked men possessing full male genitalia to disrobe in front of non-consenting college women and creating situations in which unwilling female college athletes unwittingly or reluctantly expose their naked or partially clad bodies to males, subjecting women to a loss of their constitutional right to bodily privacy."