Last month, the Joe Biden administration and the Department of Education made revisions to Title IX of the Educational Amendments Act to allow transgender women and girls to be protected, too. And one Republican senator is not happy about it, and had a pretty bold response.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, a Republican from Tennessee, responded to the changes to Title IX by introducing a resolution to recognize Oct. 10 as “American Girls in Sports Day,” celebrating girls and women in sports – presumably excluding transgender women, given Blackburn’s stance against transgender athletes.
“For nearly 50 years, Title IX has represented an American commitment to provide women with equal opportunities in educational programs and activities. Today, the Biden administration is intent on erasing the contributions made by women and changing the world of athletics as we know it,” Blackburn said in a news release according to Fox News. “Now more than ever, it’s important to celebrate girls and women in sports, and I’m glad to champion this resolution in their honor.”
Anti-trans activist Riley Gaines supported the resolution on social media, saying that she is excited to celebrate “real women,” implying that transgender women are not real women.
“It’s because of brave Tennessee women like Sen. Blackburn, Wilma Rudolph and Pat Head Summitt that women can serve and compete at the highest levels. I can’t wait to celebrate real women on XX day,” Gaines said in a post on X, the social media website that was formerly known as Twitter.
[Fox News]
