{"id":2236153,"date":"2024-05-03T04:04:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T08:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/un-pressured-on-transgender-violence-against-women-after-title-ix-overhaul\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T04:11:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T08:11:43","slug":"un-pressured-on-transgender-violence-against-women-after-title-ix-overhaul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/un-pressured-on-transgender-violence-against-women-after-title-ix-overhaul\/","title":{"rendered":"UN urged to address transgender violence against women following Title IX revision"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fun-pressured-on-transgender-violence-against-women-after-title-ix-overhaul%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2236153&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Independent Council on Women\u2019s Sports \u2062addressed the UN regarding transgender inclusion in\u200c female sports post the Title IX amendment. They \u2062highlighted concerns over endangering female athletes and urged for protection of women&#8217;s rights. \u2063The controversy involves legal battles against allowing biological males in female sports,\u2063 impacting private spaces and\u200c fairness in competitions. The Independent Council on Women\u2019s Sports raised the issue of transgender inclusion in female sports to the UN after the Title IX revision. They emphasized the risks to female athletes and advocated for\u200b women&#8217;s rights protection. Legal disputes over biological males in women&#8217;s sports, affecting\u2064 privacy and fairness, are at\u2064 the \u200dcenter of the debate.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE \u2014<\/strong> The Independent Council on Women\u2019s Sports filed a brief to the United Nations in the wake of the Biden administration\u2019s Title IX overhaul, detailing both the physical and psychological anguish girls will be forced into when competing against men in sports.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter submitted to Reem Alsalem, the United Nations special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, the group, known as ICONS, asked that males being allowed to \u201cinvade\u201d female sports be considered violence against women.<\/p>\n<p>The letter, obtained exclusively by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, was written in light of the Biden administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/2983003\/lawsuits-biden-administrations-title-ix-redefinition-sex\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>rewrite of Title IX<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/devos-bidens-title-ix-overhaul-will-be-used-to-harm-women\/\" title=\"DeVos criticizes Biden's Title IX changes as potentially harming women\">include claimed gender identities<\/a> in the definition of \u201csex\u201d as it pertains to civil rights, where critics say the changes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/second-amendment-advocates-fear-biden-admin-will-limit-private-gun-sales\/\" title=\"Second Amendment supporters worry about potential restrictions on private gun sales under the Biden administration.\">effectively ban private<\/a>, sex-specific spaces like restrooms and locker rooms. The rules are set to go into effect Aug. 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTitle IX was a federal law written to protect women and the Biden administration has now turned it into a law that protects men at the expense of women,\u201d ICONS co-founders Marshi Smith and Kim Jones told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cWith the stroke of a pen, Biden has reversed Congressional intention and turned Title IX into blatant call to subjugate women and girls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alsalem, who was appointed to the position in 2021 by the U.N. Human Rights Council, slammed the Biden administration\u2019s Title IX \u201credefinition of \u2018sex,&#8217;\u201d noting the new rule will allow more abuse of women, in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/press-releases\/2024\/04\/united-states-redefinition-sex-title-ix-will-foster-more-violence-and\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>April 29 release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe erroneous redefinition of \u2018sex\u2019 through these implementing regulations constitutes a grave setback that will increase the vulnerability of the majority of women and girls to incursions into their privacy, including voyeurism, sexual harassment and physical and sexual attacks, by effectively removing single sex spaces,\u201d\u00a0she said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/calls-for-input\/2024\/call-input-report-special-rapporteur-violence-against-women-and-girls-un\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>calling<\/a> on organizations and individuals to provide input to build a report about violence against female athletes.<\/p>\n<p>In the ICONS letter, Smith and Jones argue that allowing men to \u201cself-identify\u201d into women\u2019s sports is \u201ccredibly characterized as \u2018violence&#8217;\u201d because \u201cnorms of eligibility are violated and the risk of injuries to athletes of a given category are knowingly elevated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, World Rugby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.world.rugby\/the-game\/player-welfare\/guidelines\/transgender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>issued a rule<\/a> barring men from competing against women after determining that \u201cthe presence of even one man on the pitch raises the risk of serious injury to head, neck and back by at least thirty percent,\u201d the letter states. Smith and Jones further pointed to American mixed martial arts fighter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/mma\/fallon-fox-mma-how-many-skulls-under-fire-transgender-mma-fighter-accused-breaking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Fallon Fox\">Fallon Fox<\/a>, a biological male who has broken the skulls of two female competitors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor this, Fox has been heralded as one of the \u2018bravest athletes in history,&#8217;\u201d the ICONS founders wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Some athletic associations have attempted workarounds for setting the bar to allow male athletes to compete in women\u2019s sports. The National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA, the largest collegiate sports association in America, has instituted a \u201csport-by-sport\u201d model for setting maximum chemically altered testosterone levels allowed for males to compete against women.<\/p>\n<p>USA Boxing published a new policy at the start of the year allowing men to fight women so long as the male had undergone \u201csex reassignment\u201d surgery, maintains identifying as a female, and the continuous monitoring of chemically altered testosterone levels.<\/p>\n<p>Smith and Jones, however, say using \u201cacceptable\u201d testosterone levels as the litmus test is \u201carbitrary and meaningless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that male advantage can never be undone,\u201d they wrote. \u201cBut even if it could, a man that has diminished his athletic ability through manipulation of his hormone levels is not a woman. The erasure of women as a sex class must be stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ICONS letter also pointed to the inconsistency between the laws in 25 states that bar males from competing against women and the NCAA policy that allows it. Smith and Jones say the contrast will bring a scenario where male athletes will take opportunities from females in states that still allow them to compete, and force females from those states to \u201cflee \u2026 seeking schools and athletic associations that will protect their rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They said it is already happening, <a href=\"https:\/\/reduxx.info\/exclusive-biological-male-quietly-joined-womens-ncaa-division-i-volleyball-at-san-jose-state-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>noting<\/a> Blaire Fleming, born Brayden, a male NCAA Division 1 volleyball player from South Carolina, which bars males in women\u2019s sports, moving to transgender-permissive California to compete.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe jumped higher and hit harder than any woman on the court. There was no other female athlete on the court that day that could compare with Blaire\u2019s athleticism. He also had very narrow hips. I took notice of how he was dressed with a longer shirt in the front as well,\u201d the mother of a female competitor anonymously <a href=\"https:\/\/reduxx.info\/exclusive-biological-male-quietly-joined-womens-ncaa-division-i-volleyball-at-san-jose-state-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> <em>Reduxx<\/em>, which broke the story. \u201cHe was basically unstoppable at times. He was jumping so high that I was concerned our blockers could not defend against such a fast-moving hit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NCAA is at the center of lawsuits from athletes over allowing men to compete against women, which is exacerbated by the new Title IX rules that break down women and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-left-pushes-lgbtq-activism-on-kids\/\" title=\"How The Left Pushes LGBTQ Activism On Kids\">girls\u2019 private spaces<\/a>, and is expected to be further solidified by sports-specific rules coming down later this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is shameful that the Biden Administration has proposed Title IX regulations guaranteed to increase violence and abuse against women,\u201d Bill Bock, a lawyer representing 16 athletes suing the NCAA, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cAs the UN Special Rapporteur has pointed out, the Biden Administration\u2019s nonsensical proposed rules ignore biological reality, discriminate against women on the basis of sex, violate United States treaty and human rights obligations, and diminish U.S. credibility around the world by seeking to federalize discrimination against women here at home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The issue is not isolated to college sports, however, and the ICONS letter to Alsalem notes the spread of male athletes in girls\u2019 sports at the high school level.<\/p>\n<p>In Massachusetts, a girls basketball team was forced to forfeit after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-international-sport-bans-biologically-male-trans-athletes-from-competing-against-women\/\" title=\"Another International Sport Bans Biologically Male Trans Athletes From Competing Against Women\">female-identifying male<\/a> kept injuring girls on the other team \u201cbasically, all game,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/itemlive.com\/2024\/02\/14\/gender-identity-in-play-on-kipp-basketball-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to<\/a> to the forfeiting school\u2019s athletic director, Kyle Pelczar. Similarly, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/duke-responds-to-byu-investigation-concluding-no-racial-slurs-were-shouted-at-black-player\/\" title=\"Duke Responds To BYU Investigation Concluding No Racial Slurs Were Shouted At Black Player\">male volleyball player<\/a> in North Carolina spiked the ball so hard into the face of a high school girl, Payton McNabb, that she suffered a concussion and chronic neural impairment.<\/p>\n<p>The harm caused by allowing men to compete in women\u2019s sports does not stop at physical injuries, the ICONS letter states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe psychological trauma experienced by female athletes as they struggle to accommodate aggressive males in their sports and private spaces is equally unsettling,\u201d Smith and Jones wrote. They pointed to former University of Pennsylvania swimmer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lia-thomas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Lia Thomas\">Lia Thomas<\/a>, a biological male, who forced himself into the female locker rooms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy teammates and I were forced to undress in the presence of Lia, a 6-foot-4 tall biological male, fully intact with male genitalia 18 times per week,\u201d Paula Scanlan, a former teammate of Thomas\u2019s and sexual assault survivor, recalled in testimony to Congress. ICONS noted that women who had a problem with undressing in front of Thomas or competing against Thomas were silenced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe women were silenced and told to ignore their instinctive fear and discomfort. They were emotionally blackmailed and told that the feelings and well-being of a man were more important than their own,\u201d the letter states. \u201cThat his life depended on their concession. When we tell our girls that they are more valuable as tools of affirmation, as shields of protection for men, this is dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The U.N. report is set to be presented in the October 2024 General Assembly session.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the Department of Education for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an exclusive move, the Independent Council on Women\u2019s Sports submitted a brief to the United Nations post the Biden administration\u2019s Title IX revision. The filing addresses the physical and emotional harm girls may face when competing against males in sports. 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