Trump plans to put an end to unfair transgender competition in women’s sports

Young women and girls should never be placed in a position where their safety is at risk. They should never be pushed out of activities and spaces intentionally designed for them.

Yet we are increasingly seeing biological men competing in women’s sports, creating not only unfair challenges but posing a danger to biologically female athletes’ safety.

Time and again, opportunities that rightfully belong only to female athletes are slipping away.

Across America, women and girls are seeing their countless early morning drives to practice, hours spent on the field, and devotion to becoming the best athletes they can be, spent in vain as men with highly unfair physical advantages dominate their sports.

The integrity of girls’ sports is under attack.

Men on average are bigger, faster and stronger than women — an undeniable biological fact.

The competitive advantages these factors give to male athletes, as well as the great risks such factors mean for young girls, are being ignored in the name of pushing a political agenda.

Female athletes are losing opportunities to compete, earn scholarships and enjoy the activities they once loved.

And reversing this dangerous trend will require strong national leadership.

Former President Donald Trump has proven himself to be the right leader to take on this challenge.

His unwavering stance on defending the rights of women and young girls in sports has set the standard for what must be done on the national level, as well as right here in our local communities.

We stand united on this issue as two individuals with vastly different backgrounds.

As an athlete who has competed at the highest levels, and as an elected official who has heard from countless concerned mothers, fathers and students of all backgrounds, we understand the importance of fairness in sports — and the urgency of addressing it now.

This should not be a red issue or a blue issue. Protecting the physical safety of women and girls, and ensuring they have access to the best opportunities to get ahead in life, should be something that unites all of us.

In Nassau County, we could not, and would not, sit idly by and wait until a young girl loses an athletic scholarship — or is shattered by a life-changing injury on the field — to take action.

That’s why Nassau County passed a first-in-the-nation law that banned biological males from competing in women’s or girls’ sports at county facilities.

Transgender female athletes are still welcome and encouraged to play on co-ed teams, but under our law they cannot compete against all-women or all-girls’ teams.

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