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Arguments about the rarity of men and boys stealing opportunities from women and girls crumbled as a United Nations report quantified the growing number of medals lost.

Too often, leftist claims of troubling matters being rare and of little consequence have proven to be neither. Now, according to the findings of U.N. special rapporteur Reem Alsalem, such was the case for gender ideology’s impact on sports as nearly 900 medals that would have been awarded to females had gone to males as of March 2024.

In the report initially published in August, Alsalem indicated, “The replacement of the female sports category with a mixed-sex category has resulted in an increasing number of female athletes losing opportunities, including medals when competing against males.”

“According to information received, by 30 March 2024, over 600 female athletes in more than 400 competitions have lost more than 890 medals in 29 different sports,” she continued marking the minimum number of incidents.

Her findings were the focus of a panel at the United Nations New York City headquarters last week where Alliance Defending Freedom International CEO Kristen Waggoner, Olympic Swimmer Sharron Davies, U.S. collegiate soccer player Lainey Armistead, and Alsalem herself attested to the impact the alphabet agenda was having, not only on sports but in all sex-specific spaces.

“Women and girls already have many odds stacked against them that impede their equal and effective participation in sports,” the rapporteur said. “In addition, their ability to play sports in conditions of safety, dignity, and fairness has been further eroded by the intrusion of males who identify as female in female-only sports and related spaces.”

Likewise, Waggoner argued on the panel, “The risk extends beyond the playing field — women and girls have the right to privacy and safety and these are flouted every single time a member of the opposite sex enters into women’s intimate spaces.”

“The violation of these spaces leaves women and girls extremely vulnerable and could rightfully lead them to question if they want to pursue athletics at all. When laws and policies lose touch with biological reality, women and girls suffer the most,” added the CEO.

As far as concerns regarding how to police the matter, Alsalem recognized the sensitivity of the issue for some and proposed, “In cases where the sex of an athlete is unknown or uncertain, a dignified, swift, non-invasive and accurate sex screening method (such as a cheek swab) or, where necessary for exceptional reasons, genetic testing should be applied to confirm the athlete’s sex. In non-professional sports spaces, the original birth certificate for verification may be appropriate. In some exceptional circumstances, such tests may need to be followed up by more complex tests.”

Most recently, bureaucratic decisions to allow men to compete with women found the University of Nevada-Reno volleyball team at odds with their own school as they became the fifth team to choose forfeiture over competing against San Jose State University with a male athlete as their star player.

While the rapporteur argued “the failure to protect the female category is one of the most egregious forms of violence against women and girls” Waggoner contended, “Our plea to the world is to learn from the mistakes that have been made — and that are now being corrected — so that your daughters can walk into a future of fair and safe sports.”

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