Massachusetts Allows Boys to Compete in Girls’ Sports, and Here’s the Damage That’s Done

Last month, Townhall reported how Massachusetts “grossly misinterpreting” Title IX led to boys — not “trans identifying boys” but boys — to participate in girls’ sports. That meant boys were helping teams cheat their way to state championships.It also means many girls have been denied the ability to succeed in athletics. And if you thought this was a recent phenomenon, it’s not.

According to He Cheated, an organization that documents these injustices, such a thing has been happening for almost a decade, and it means a girl hasn’t won a state championship in the vault in gymnastics since 2017. That’s ridiculous.

The fact that there are states that bar male athletes from girls' sports while there are states that do not is actually helpful in illustrating many of the fallacies that trans activists perpetuate.

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