There was once a time when saying that there are only two genders wasn’t controversial. But, roughly ten years or so ago, the left went completely off the rails and embraced gender ideology, taking a fringe concept into the mainstream. Almost overnight, it seemed, little kids could claim to be the wrong gender and be taken seriously. Mediocre male athletes could identify as women, play on women’s teams, and gain access to locker rooms and bathrooms.
Left-wing activists have worked for years to sideline biology in favor of gender identity, pushing policy debates away from measurable physical differences and toward subjective self-identification. Democrats and their media allies brand efforts to preserve sex-based fairness as hateful or “bigoted,” recasting common-sense concerns about women’s sports as attacks on transgender individuals.
I believe (and hope) that one day there will be near-universal acknowledgment that embracing this dangerous ideology was a mistake. The Supreme Court can make a significant first step toward that course correction.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday in a high-profile case over whether male students who identify as female may compete on female-only sports teams in public schools and colleges. The cases come from Idaho and West Virginia, where state laws banned “transgender” and “nonbinary” students from joining girls' and women's teams at public schools and universities.
Nearly 30 states have enacted similar laws or policies, which means that the Supreme Court ruling on this will have implications well beyond Idaho and West Virginia.
“This case is monumental not only for West Virginia, but for our entire country," West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey said in a statement.
The challenges to bans in West Virginia and Idaho come a year after the high court ruled that states can prevent transgender minors from receiving puberty blockers and hormone therapy.
In a different realm of the law but similar cultural terrain in October, a majority of the justices seemed ready to strike down a Colorado law blocking therapists from trying to change a young person's sexuality or gender identity.
A decision from the Supreme Court is expected by late June.
The Supreme Court has already sent a clear signal that it is ready to go against the transgender cult’s agenda. By upholding state bans on so-called “gender-affirming” medical procedures for minors, the justices demonstrated a willingness to recognize biological reality over ideological pressure.
When the court finally rules on the issue of sports, the country will have a definitive answer on whether states have the authority to protect women’s athletics on the basis of biological sex. For generations, Americans understood that males and females are physically different and that those differences justified separate sports categories.
This ruling will test whether America can resist the left’s bizarre fantasies about gender and re-anchor its institutions in reality. If the court stands firm, it could mark a turning point where sanity begins to return, and women’s sports are once again protected as they should be.
And let's hope the dominoes keep falling.
