Protecting Women’s Sports is a Winning Issue for Democrats—If They’re Brave Enough to Fight for It
Voters Support Fairness in Athletics. It’s Time for More Legislators to Listen.
Most Americans—including Democrats—believe that women’s sports should remain female-only. A recent poll found that 78% of U.S. parents oppose allowing male students to compete on girls’ teams. Even among Democratic parents, 60% agree that sports should be based on biological sex. In Georgia, 70% of voters believe the same. Across party lines, people overwhelmingly support fairness in athletics.
So why are so many Democratic lawmakers still pretending this is a “culture war” issue instead of a fundamental question of fairness?
Democrats Who Stood Up for Women Deserve Our Support
Last month, Texas House Democrats Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez broke ranks to support the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (H.R. 28). In Georgia, State Senators Ed Harbison and Freddie Powell Sims also defied party lines, voting to protect female athletes by supporting Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), which bans male competitors from women’s sports.
Despite pressure from within their own party, these Democratic legislators stood with the majority of voters and supported sex-based sports categories. They recognized that fairness isn’t a partisan issue and refused to let rhetoric override reality.
They saw what’s at stake:
Girls losing out on scholarships.
Women being injured in competition.
Female athletes forced to share locker rooms with men.
Their courage sets an example for other Democrats. This isn’t just about competition. It’s about power—who gets it and who is forced to give it up.
The Reality of Women’s Sports in a World That Prioritizes Male Inclusion Over Female Protection
This isn’t new. The same pattern plays out over and over:
A boy decides he’s a girl.
His feelings become the priority. Parents, coaches, and officials stay silent—afraid of lawsuits, public backlash, or being accused of “transphobia.”
His male presence is celebrated. He is praised, his victories showcased—even as he displaces female athletes, dominates competitions, and takes their opportunities.
This has real consequences:
High school volleyball player Payton McNabb suffered a concussion and partial paralysis after a male competitor spiked a ball into her face.
A University of Washington women’s volleyball player nearly lost her scholarship to a male athlete—only public outcry reversed the decision.
Two male runners in Connecticut took 15 state titles in three years, displacing female athletes from championship opportunities.
A United Nations report found that female athletes have lost nearly 900 medals to male competitors across 29 sports worldwide.
This isn’t fairness. It’s exploitation.
Women are expected to give up everything for male athletes who want access to our sports. Their wins matter. Their feelings come first.
And any woman who speaks up? She’s the problem.
How the System Silences Women and Rewards Men
Female athletes are told to stay quiet.
Girls are told to accept male bodies in their locker rooms.
Women’s achievements are erased, their records rewritten.
Men who identify as women are treated as pioneers for simply taking what isn’t theirs. They get magazine covers, sponsorships, awards for “breaking barriers.” Meanwhile, the women they displace are ignored.
Websites like SheWon.org track the records that have been lost to male athletes, while BoysVsWomen.com provides data proving that elite female athletes still can’t match average male performance. Democrats for an Informed Approach to Gender (DIAG) is challenging the party’s blind support of gender ideology, advocating for evidence-based policy, women’s rights, and child safeguarding—true liberal values that Democrats must reclaim.
The Senate Must Follow Their Lead—Democrats, It’s Time to Do the Right Thing
The fate of the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (S.9) is up to the Senate. Every single Democratic senator who claims to support women’s rights needs to get behind it.
Women and girls across the country are watching. Will more federal-level Democrats stand with female athletes—like the House Democrats who had the courage to do the right thing?
Or will they cave to party politics and ignore the voices of the women and girls who need them most?
Democratic Voters Need to Make Their Voices Heard
For too long, the loudest voices in the Democratic Party have been the ones pushing gender ideology at the expense of women. That needs to change.
If we want more Democratic lawmakers to fight for fairness, we have to show them that this is a winning issue—and that staying silent is not an option.
Call your Democratic senators today. Tell them to vote YES on S.9. Tell them that this isn’t a partisan issue—it’s about protecting the integrity of women’s sports.
Protecting Women Shouldn’t Be a Political Risk. It Should Be a Political Priority.
The Democrats who had the backbone to vote for fairness shouldn’t be the exception—they should be the future of the party. They deserve our support, our praise, and our votes.
And we need to demand that more lawmakers have the courage to follow their lead before it’s too late.
If Democrats are to stand for equality, they must protect the rights of women and girls in sports.