The madness of politics has kept me away from the issue deep in my heart: males invading females’ sports, bathrooms, locker rooms, etc.
I saw two males who identified as females file a lawsuit against New Hampshire over the law banning them from participating in female sports.
One even complained the law would keep him from obtaining a female athletic scholarship.
Parker Tirrell, 15, and Iris Turmelle, 14, have challenged the law HB 1205, which bans males in 5th to 12th grades from joining female sports, with help from GLAD, the ACLU of New Hampshire, and Goodwin Law Firm.
The memorandum warns the court the boys “face the imminent and unlawful denial of a critical aspect of their education” because the law prevents them from female sports.
The complaint claims the boys have received a gender dysphoria diagnosis. Both have started “puberty-blocking medication and hormone therapy to align their bodies with their female identities and to alleviate the distress of physical characteristics that conflict with their gender identity.”
“They will not go through testosterone-driven puberty, nor will they experience physical changes caused by testosterone, including the muscular development characteristic of males,” the plaintiffs state in the complaint.
They insist they knew from an early age they were girls. Parker has, from a young age, “expressed a preference for feminine clothing” while also painting his nails and watching My Little Pony.
A doctor diagnosed him with gender dysphoria in 7th grade. He started puberty blockers at the end of 8th grade and hormone therapy midway through 9th grade.
At a young age, Iris said that he asked Santa Claus to make him a girl and preferred girl toys and clothing.
Iris got her diagnosis the summer after first grade. A gender clinic confirmed the diagnosis a year later.
He started the puberty blockers at the end of fifth grade and hormone therapy in seventh grade.
For the love of everything holy. From a young age through mid-high school, I swore I was a male in a female body.
Thank God my parents drilled common sense into me: You cannot ever change your sex. Thanks, Mom and Dad!
The boys want the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire to allow them to compete in female sports “during the initial phase of this litigation.”
The plaintiffs claim HB 1205 violates the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause and Title IX.
“Plaintiff Parker Tirrell, who identifies and lives as a girl and has not and will not undergo male puberty, is similarly situated to other girls with respect to her participation in sports teams at school,” according to the complaint. “HB 1205 as it applies to Plaintiff Parker Tirrell cannot survive rational basis review either, because it lacks any rational basis, rests on stereotypes and misconceptions, and undermines rather than advances any alleged purpose.”
The complaint states the same for Turmelle.
The boys claim Title IX violation since it protects against discrimination “on the basis of sex.”
Unfortunately, the Biden-Harris administration rewrote Title IX to include males in the law. SCOTUS recently put a pause on it, thank God.
HB 1205 takes effect today. The boys want a temporary restraining order since sports practices also begin today. The first games are on August 30.
“Playing soccer with my teammates is where I feel the most free and happy,” said Tirrell. “We’re there for each other, win or lose. Not being allowed to play on my team with the other girls would disconnect me from so many of my friends and make school so much harder. I just want to be myself and to learn, play, and support my teammates like I did last year.”
Tirell wants a female athletic scholarship:
Tirrell said she has entertained hopes of one day winning an athletic scholarship, but the notion that she has an unfair advantage or poses a physical risk to her teammates doesn’t match the reality: She stands 5 feet 6 inches tall and has less muscle mass than some of her female peers — not exactly the imposing presence that policy makers seem to have in mind.“They imagine a trans girl as a big, buff, beefy, bodybuilder man,” she said. “I feel like that’s how they picture it.”
Turmelle starts high school this year.
“Starting high school is exciting and new,” stated Turmelle. “I played intramural tennis in middle school. I’ve been looking forward to trying out for the tennis and track teams because it will be a way to make more friends in my new school, and I know I’ll learn a lot from it. I’m a transgender girl, I’ve known that my whole life and everyone knows I’m a girl. I don’t understand why I shouldn’t get to have the same opportunities as other girls at school.”
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