Illinois has become the last blue state to ensure that transgender athletes can practice girl sports. Republicans in the state are trying to change that.
The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) announced that it will not comply with the executive order of President Donald Trump to keep trans athletes out of women’s girls and sports.
In a public letter to the legislators of the State Republican Party, the IHSA said that Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, and the Illinois Human Rights Department have declared that state law requires that transgender athletes can participate based on gender identity.
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Illinois is using a play book similar to that used by Maine in its ongoing dispute with the Trump administration on the subject, citing the human rights laws of the State as a barrier to ban the biological men of girls’ sports.
“As a result of the foregoing, compliance with the executive order could place the IHSA for complying with the human rights law of Illinois and vice versa,” wrote the president of the IHSA Board, Dan Tully, in the Charter.
Tully added that the IHSA is in “an unsustainable position”, since the organization seeks clarity on the contradictory addresses of the state authorities and the Trump administration.
“There is a growing narrative that seeks to politicize the response of the IHSA. However, as clearly explained in the copy of the letter provided below, the IHSA is looking for clarity on the conflict state and federal law so that we can remain compliance,” said an IHSA statement.
The legislators of the Republican Party of Illinois sent their own letter to the IHSA in March asking what the body will do to change the policy after Trump’s executive order was approved. Transgender athletes have been allowed to compete in girls’ sports in Illinois since 2011.
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In response to the recent announcement of the IHSA, several outstanding legislators of the Republican party have ruled in opposition to the rule.
The representative Blaine Wilhour, who directed the initiative to send the first letter to IHSA on the subject, told Pak Gazette Digital that he is calling the school districts and school joints of Illinois that pass the local resolutions that prohibit the trans athletes of the sports of the girls.
“I think that each school district must make it clear that we are protecting the holiness of girls’ sports, and we believe in the local control of those decisions,” said Wilhour. “I would demand that all your local districts take this position and do it. Because when the impulse is pushed, we win on these issues, but we only need people to be bold and go there and do the right thing.”
Wilhour condemned Governor JB Pritzker and the democratic majority in the State Legislature by the laws of the State that allow trans inclusion in girls’ sports. Wilhour added that he is asking the Trump administration to intervene and potentially reduce the funds in response.
“All politics is sick. Or you believe in fair competition or not.
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“[The Trump administration is] I will have to participate here, and the leverage they have is federal funds. We take millions in federal government funds every year. And we really don’t taste the situation in which that would be retained. … but I will risk doing the right thing. … prohibiting boys participating in girls’ sports is the right thing, so we must do difficult things for this to happen. ”
Wilhour also encouraged the IHSA to cancel the direction of the state government and prohibit trans athletes from girls’ sports anyway.
Maine has already seen the type of intervention that Wilhour is asking, both internal and federal.
Maine’s 70 school district moved to ban trans athletes from sports girls and comply with Trump, challenging state law, earlier this week.
Maine has also seen its federal fund cuts by the United States Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Justice has launched a lawsuit against the State for its continuous challenge to Trump’s order.
A federal investigation of the title IX is already underway in Illinois after a mother from Deerfield alleged that her daughter was forced to change in front of a trans student.
Deerfield Public Schools District 109 faces an United States investigation Department of Education The civil rights office after Illinois’s mother, Nicole Georgas, brought light to the situation.
She filed a civil rights complaint before the United States Department of Justice After alleging school administrators, they tried to force their 13 -year -old daughter to change in front of a transgender student in the girls’ locker room last month.
She revealed the complaint during a meeting of the Education Board for Deerfield Public School District 109 Last week, claiming that the incident occurred last month after his daughter refused to change her uniform during physical education because a biological student had been present.
Deerfield Public Schools District 109 responded to investigation in a statement to Pak Gazette Digital and, like IHSA, cited the Illinois Human Rights Law for its protocols.
“District 109 of Deerfield’s public schools complies with state law. Illinois Human Rights Law prohibits all public school districts from discriminating on the basis of sex, including gender identity, and mandates that students must have access to the costumes and the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity,” the statement said.
The district also asked families to express their concerns about certain policies.
“The district and the Board are united with our leaders and educators on this subject and have a shared commitment to defend the law,” the statement added.
“The District and the Board ask all those who express concerns or perspectives on this subject with our staff and educators to do so in a respectful and civil way. We are happy to work with families to address individual concerns and determine the next appropriate steps to support the well -being and participation of your child.”
