“I stood in the White House and told the president of the United States, I’d see him in court. Well we did see him in court, and we won."

Vambram said:

All we ask on this topic is that the fairness of competition for biological females be respected. All we ask in this topic is that biological females don't have to share their locker room with biological males. Why do some liberals appear to be taking strong stands against that?

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It’s sickening. Males do not belong in female locker rooms or sports. Period. I will die on this hill.

Hans Blaster said:

I don't remember the number I heard, but the number of transgendered athletes participating in Maine HS sports was something like 2. That's is not that many to get all worked up about as a threat.

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If the numbers & percentages are extremely small, it makes no sense to me to even take a chance of losing funding while at the same time taking a strong stand in favor of the transgenderism ideology on this particular issue.

GoldenBoy89 said:

Because the two trans kids in Maine have as much of a right as anyone else to play a sport in school.

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The two trans kids have the right to compete with kids of the same birth biological gender ... just like cisgender kids.

NxNW said:

You must be referring to Trump intruding into the girls' locker room and bragging about it.

Trump's supporters said it was ok for him to do it. I can't think of any other examples where it's happening.

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I am not excusing what Donald Trump did there over 20 years ago. Please try to keep the discussion to current events. Thank you.

Hans Blaster said:

It also seems a lot of effort to attack the state for trying to accommodate a handful of student athletes who are different. What about those few kids scares all y'all?

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That question has already been answered repeatedly.

Nevertheless, it simply is wrong for biological males to be defeating and/or injuring biological females in girls' and women's sports.

Hans Blaster said:

It also seems a lot of effort to attack the state for trying to accommodate a handful of student athletes who are different. What about those few kids scares all y'all?

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Also. Let's say another "blue state" government wants to follow the unfair practices of Maine IF, at the end of all the courtroom rulings, the transgender sports agenda goes in favor what the governor & progressive liberal politicians of Maine?

In my view, more and more "blue states" will be allowed to let biological males compete with & be in the same locker room with biological females. Does that possibility personally scare me? No. But, in my view, that possibility does mean that more & more biological females SHALL have their rights to bathroom & locker room privacy denied. That possibility does mean that more and more biological females SHALL have their rights to fair athletic competition denied.

NxNW said:

Because it's essentially nonexistent. De Minimis.

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Can you prove that assertion?

On February 6, 2025, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) announced its new policy, prohibiting athletes assigned male at birth from participating in women’s sports competitions, aligning the NCAA eligibility rules with President Donald Trump’s recent executive order (EO) barring transgender athletes from women’s sports. The new rules reverse a prior policy of allowing athletes to participate in accordance with their gender identity.
The NCAA Board of Governors voted to adopt an updated transgender athlete participation policy that prohibits athletes assigned male at birth from competing in NCAA women’s competitions.
The new policy aligns with President Donald Trump’s executive order barring transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports. The executive order takes the position that allowing transgender participation in women’s sports undermines the fairness and opportunities for women and girls and threatens federal funding for educational programs that do not comply.

The NCAA aims to establish clear national eligibility standards in response to the differing state laws and court decisions surrounding this issue. Under the updated participation policy for transgender athletes, “[r]egardless of sex assigned at birth or gender identity, a student-athlete may participate (practice and competition) in NCAA men’s sports, assuming they meet all other NCAA eligibility requirements.”

For women’s sports, “[a] student-athlete assigned male at birth may not compete for an NCAA women’s team.” However, such student-athletes “may continue practicing with a women’s team and receive all other benefits applicable to student-athletes.” “A student-athlete assigned female at birth who has begun hormone therapy (e.g., testosterone) may not compete on a women’s team.” However, they, too, may continue practicing with a women’s team and receive all other applicable benefits.

“We strongly believe that clear, consistent, and uniform eligibility standards would best serve today’s student-athletes instead of a patchwork of conflicting state laws and court decisions. To that end, President Trump’s order provides a clear, national standard,” NCAA President Charlie Baker said in a statement.

The change comes a day after President Trump signed an EO titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.” The EO states that allowing transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports “is demeaning, unfair, and dangerous to women and girls, and denies women and girls the equal opportunity to participate and excel in competitive sports.”

While not directly addressing the NCAA, the EO declared that it is “the policy of the United States to rescind all funds from educational programs that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities, which results in the endangerment, humiliation, and silencing of women and girls and deprives them of privacy.”

The EO had significant implications for the NCAA schools, which rely on federal funding. After the EO, NCAA President Baker said that the Board of Governors would “take necessary steps to align NCAA policy” with the EO.



By the way, I do 1000% believe that "sex assigned at birth" is a relatively new term used to appease the transgenderism ideology. When a person is born, they are either a boy or girl based upon the science of biology. Also, I believe that it is ridiculous that transgender females (aka biological males) may continue to practice with biological women. Does that mean that the an NCAA school could force women's teams to allow transgender females to practice on the women's team AGAINST the wishes or desires of the biological women on the team? Does that mean that the NCAA school could actually force the biological women to allow transgender females into the private and safe spaces such as locker rooms and bathrooms.

Clearly, my post here about the changes made by the NCAA involve people whom are no longer in high school. Therefore at least 99% of them are already over the age of 18, thus making them legal adults in America. So, back to junior high school sports and high school sports in the state of Maine, or any other "blue state" that wants to follow Maine's example, we are talking about teenagers. Transgender teenagers females (scientifically biological males) Should they be allowed to compete with biological girls BEFORE they have completed their scientific transition from male to female? My answer is: No.... they should not be allowed to compete with biological girls at all. Not during or after their scientific transition. But, I would like to see what are the answers of other forum members on the 2 or 3 different sides of this topic.

Bradskii said:

Lots of people excused it. What he did and what he said. They voted for him.

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This in incorrect. The voters in 2016, 2020, and 2024 who voted for Donald Trump did so because they saw him as the best option compared to the other choices. But, that doesn't mean that they excused what he before 2005.

NxNW said:

I'm unconvinced it's a problem anywhere except in the minds of Trump supporters.

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Do you honestly believe that everyone who voted for Kamala Harris also agree with you that the topic of this thread is "not a problem?" Or did they vote for Harris for other reasons?

NxNW said:

The burden of proof is on the accuser.

If you can post links to, say, a mere 1,000 examples during Biden's term. But Trump has more felonies than you have examples.

[Note, autocomplete originally said "Biden of proof", heh]

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Therefore, if there are one hundred, or 4 dozen, or 2 dozen examples of this problem, then what should be done about it?