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College Students Plan Walkout Over Trans Allowed to Compete in Women's Sports

Sarah Arnold
Sarah Arnold  |  October 18, 2024 6:30 PM

College students in the state of New York are planning to stage a walkout over the infiltration of transgenders being allowed to play female sports. 

The Coalition to Protect Kids has organized a statewide “Walk Off for Fairness Day” demonstration that will coincide with New York’s vote on Proposition 1, “The Equal Rights Amendment.” Prop 1 would add “gender identity” as a protected status against discrimination. It would also enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.

The group, which has robust support from the Catholic Church and the state’s Republican and Conservative parties, argued that boys competing against females in sports is a “huge disadvantage for girls.” 

“It’s hard to believe we’re even having the conversation that girls sports would be for anyone other than girls,” Republican Party chairman Gerry Kassar said in a statement. “We fully support ‘Walk Off for Fairness Day’ in New York, reminding young people that there is safety in numbers. Girls Sports must remain Girls Sports, and there should be nothing controversial in that statement.”

Kassar argued that girls are being “systematically canceled” in New York and that the statewide protest will allow them a “safe opportunity to make their voices heard.” 

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“So many of these young women are afraid of speaking out, so they’re forced to watch as 50 years of female athletic progress gets washed away by destructive ideologues,” she continued. “Girls are not second-class citizens, so why are they being treated that way?”

Members of the group argued that it is unfair for men to compete alongside women due to their physical strength, which trumps females. They pointed out that men have physical advantages girls don’t have.