Carl Higbie’s Frontline didn’t mince words this week as he tore into the left’s effort to erase basic biological reality and upend women’s sports. His show has been a steady platform exposing how Title IX’s reinterpretation and woke policies put American girls at a competitive and, too often, physical disadvantage. This is not polite disagreement — it’s a culture war assault on fairness that every hardworking parent should oppose.
The fight traces straight back to the Department of Education’s move to fold “gender identity” into Title IX, a legal contortion that invited chaos into locker rooms and playing fields across the country. Conservatives warned this would happen: when you redefine sex on paper, you destroy protections in practice and hand competitive advantage to biological males. The administration’s attempt to expand Title IX has been met with lawsuits and widespread pushback for exactly that reason.
Congress and state legislatures are finally responding by insisting on common-sense definitions of male and female in sport, and by putting fairness back where it belongs — with biology. Republicans in the House have pushed the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act to make sure teams for girls stay reserved for biological females, and state bills keep multiplying as parents wake up to what’s at stake. This is how a free society defends the weak: by making rules that level the playing field instead of handing victory to whoever screams identity the loudest.
The human cost of ideological experiments shows up in heartbreaking stories like Payton McNabb’s, a young athlete whose life was altered after a violent play in a match involving a transgender opponent. These are not abstract policy debates for those who get hurt, sidelined, or robbed of scholarships because athletic competitions no longer separate by biological sex. Parents and coaches who cherish fair play are not bigots — they’re defenders of girls who deserve safety and recognition for their hard work.
Thankfully, the legal picture has shifted as courts and the federal government grapple with the overreach. After the litigation and new leadership, the Education Department has moved back toward enforcing the biology-based 2020 Title IX framework, a sensible correction that recognizes sex is rooted in biological reality. Washington should keep moving in that direction and stop federal agencies from rewriting sports rules to suit ideological whims.
Patriots across America should view this as more than a single policy fight — it’s a defense of common sense, fairness, and the dignity of women who’ve built girls’ sports from the ground up. Support your local school boards, back lawmakers who protect girls’ teams, and don’t allow elites in Washington or Hollywood to bully communities into accepting nonsense. If we lose the right to fair competition, we lose a piece of what made this country strong and honorable.
