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Washington, DC, July 1, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Press release
Take it to court: Olympic athletes and experts urge athletes to sue
Equity in Women’s Sport at the ICONS Inaugural Conference
LAS VEGAS – The Independent Council on Women’s Sport (ICONS) recently unveiled its inaugural convention in Las Vegas, bringing together world-class athletes, parents and experts in science, law and politics, all advocating for fairness in the women’s game, a quest that will have to be addressed in court.
“Women want a network and a way to reconnect and re-influence the world of sports that is so dear to our hearts,” said ICONS co-founder Kim Jones, a Stanford all-American and Pac-10 champion whose daughter was defeated. through a biological boy who participated in women’s college swimming earlier this year. “If we unite our voices, we can harness that power and make a difference. “
The convention, which was held June 26-28 at the Ahern Hotel and streamed live on various online platforms, was held after the 50th anniversary of Title IX and the Biden administration’s announcement to revise the landmark law by redefining “sex” to mean “gender. “and “gender identity”. As a non-profit organization, ICONS and its supporters seek to identify a points playbox in all women’s sports and protect the original intent of Title IX by expanding, empowering, and protecting women’s sports and female athletes of the past, present, and future.
“The perception of what a woman is is being erased,” said Donna de Varona, AN ICONS speaker and two-time Olympic gold medalist, Title IX activist and first president of the Women’s Sports Foundation. In the sports market, this of course has repercussions. in all spacesArray. . Women use [sport] as a basis for continuing in society and as productive leaders and individuals.
Several young athletes, in addition to Riley Gaines and Taylor Silverman, shared their reports on the waste of various awards and opportunities for biological men in women’s competitions. “It’s hard to put into words the amount of work and sacrifice it takes to compete at the elite level. “said Gaines, a 12-time All American champion and four-time Southeast Conference (SEC) champion and record holder who began swimming at the age of four. She tied for fifth place with biological swimmer Lia Thomas in the 200-yard women’s freestyle at the Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) National Championships in March. The NCAA gave Thomas the fifth-place trophy. “Who took our feelings into account?” Gaines asked. ” And who has taken on any duty since then?”
Silverman, a prominent skater with 11 years of experience, echoed the same dismay after recalling back-to-back losses to biological men in women’s competitions,” she said, as skateboarding is sometimes not a component of federally funded school programs. “I know how painful [unfair competition] is in adulthood, I can’t believe what a 13-year-old would do. “
From hallways of Congress to classrooms, experts said confusing definitions and interchangeable terminology have created a climate of public confusion, as well as concern about backlash among those, especially female biological athletes, who oppose policies that affect equity in their sports. Panel of doctors examining sports science, fair festival and testosterone, Dr. Ross Tucker, PhD in Exercise Physiology and Consultant to World Rugthrough, said prioritizing the inclusion of male biological competition in women’s sports ultimately undermines the purpose of the women’s category. undermining equity and, in some sports, the protection of athletes.
“The female category has a purpose: it excludes the effect of male or androgenizing hormones on functionality,” Dr. Tucker said. to 50% in strength, especially in the upper body. He continued, “The biological adjustments documented with testosterone suppression have shown that the maximum physiological systems applicable to athletic functionality are little affected. “
In consultation on sexual biology, Dr Colin Wright, PhD in evolutionary biology, said: “Biological sex is a binary system, because there is no third gamete or intermediate gamete and therefore no third type of anatomy can expand to produce it. He explained that there are only two sexes in humans because of gametes, the reproductive cells of eggs in women, and sperm in men. lines of what are completely men and women.
A panel of women’s organizations and advocacy teams explored policies and policies affecting women’s sports. Kara Dansky, JD, president of the U. S. bankruptcy of Women’s Declaration International (WDI), explained how the social structure of gender is not the same as the biology of sex. “The use of the word ‘gender’ has infiltrated foreign laws at an admittedly astonishing speed and pace,” Dansky said. Every American across the political spectrum knows how young children are made, so [lawmakers] have persuaded Americans across the political spectrum that “transgenders” are a significant category of other people for whom sex matters. irrelevant, and this is not the case; it’s just a lie.
“Most federal legislation is about sex,” said Jessica Braceras, JD, a Title IX expert and director of the Independent Women’s Forum (IWF). Gender and gender identity mean the same thing.
ICONS speaker Martina Navratilova, a world-famous LGBTQ rights activist and highly decorated tennis player with a total of 59 Grand Slam titles, under pressure that biological men participating in women’s games are an undeniable matter of justice. tennis] was what I was looking to do,” said Navratilova. No knew how far it would take me, but it was my dream. . . [The male competitors] were better, so it was understood that it was divided by gender. . . You can’t get [men] to get advantages, no matter what you do; we have categories in the game for an explanation of why and that’s the explanation of why.
Nancy Hogshead-Makar, JD, a three-time Olympic gold and silver medalist and civil rights attorney, made a presentation describing another unfair remedy in the women’s game, adding the investment and number of women’s groups in schools across the country. Experts and athletes agree that public activism and participation are mandatory and imperative to maintaining Title IX and coverage of biological women. Although a complete database is not available, sites like savewomensgames. com capture about 80 female men in the women’s game in recent years, and SheWon. org lists 156 female athletes who have lost to biological men in the women’s game.
With 18 states enacting laws to save women’s sports for female biologics, Mavens said the genuine solution is to get more female high school and school athletes to sue the sport’s governing bodies, such as the NCAA, and its schools. sue,” said IWF Braceras. [The solution] will not be the left, it will not be the right; they will be women running together,” said WDI’s Dansky. Courage breeds courage,” he said.
To date, a lawsuit related to the trans athletic festival has been filed, through two young Connecticut track and field stars who shared their delight at the conference. ICONS co-founder Marshi Smith, NCAA and Pac-10 champion, fosters more voice and courage among athletes. to provide greater empowerment and perspective. His open letter signed by 47 elite athletes and coaches was sent to the NCAA Board of Governors in March, asking: Do women have a voice?”With hard effort and determination, we can accomplish anything,” Smith said. Said.
ICONS continues to grow its network and expand the resources women want to help make decisions that affect their games. You can receive more information and sign up for this global movement for equity in women’s play by signing up for updates on Array and following ICONS on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube page (all social IDs are @icons_women).
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