Minnesota's government, and Minnesota's schools, seem determined to be on the 5 side of every 95-5 issue. The latest - again - is the hideously unfair practice of allowing boys to compete on Minnesota schools' girls' sports teams. Not only is this unfair, but it deprives actual girls of titles, trophies, and possibly scholarships in favor of boys who wouldn't otherwise be good enough. Not if they were competing on a boys' team, that is.
It's also a Title IX violation, and the Trump administration has had enough of Minnesota's defiance. The Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services has found the state to be violating Title IX, Minnesota has been given 10 days to comply with a list of items, or the case will be referred to the Justice Department for further action.
- MDE and MSHSL must rescind or revise any guidance permitting males to compete in girls’ sports to comply with Title IX and to reflect that to the extent State law conflicts with Title IX, federal law preempts State law;
- MDE will issue a statewide notice to all federally funded entities operating interscholastic athletic programs mandating their strict compliance with Title IX by separating athletics and intimate facilities based on sex;
- The notice will require these entities to adopt biology-based definitions of "male" and "female" and remind them that non-compliance with Title IX places their federal funding in jeopardy;
- MDE and MSHSL will submit updated Title IX training, procedure, and process materials for ED’s OCR and HHS’ OCR to review and approve, and will conduct the approved training to MDE and MSHSL personnel;
- MDE will restore to female athletes all records and titles misappropriated by male athletes competing in female categories, and send each female a letter of apology on behalf of the State of Minnesota for allowing her educational experience to be marred by sex discrimination. MDE will demand in writing that MSHSL take parallel action; and
- MDE will require each school and MSHSL to submit to MDE an annual certification that they have complied with Title IX.
In other words: No more boys in girls' sports. No more men in women's sports. Boys and men compete against boys and men, girls and women compete against girls and women, and never the twain shall meet.
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The incidents that led up to this finding are particularly egregious, including a boy smashing through a tournament by competing on a girls' high school softball team, and leading that team to a state championship - one that they gained at least in part by having a boy on their team:
President Donald Trump's administration found the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) and the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) in violation of Title IX after two months-long investigation into state policies and a transgender pitcher leading a girls' high school softball team to a state championship.
A Department of Education (ED) press release obtained by Fox News Digital cites the pitcher's performance in the 2025 season for the recent crackdown, stating "the male pitcher overpowered female athletes during five consecutive matches, only giving up one earned run over the course of 35 innings and striking out 27 female batters."
How in the world does Minnesota deem this fair? The parents of the girls affected by this have to be furious. Add to it the fact that this is a high-school team; at the college level, things may be even more egregiously unfair.
We've been over this time and again, and time and again, we see the left disregarding biology - disregarding facts. Boys and men always have and always will have significant physical advantages over girls and women. These are facts. Boys and men have greater muscle mass, more fast-twitch muscle fibers, greater cardio-pulmonary capacity, more strength, speed, stamina, and agility. These are facts. These differences are so great as to be differences not in degree but in kind, which is why sports teams are segregated by sex. It's not a mystery, and it's not a sudden new realization; not only have people always known this, but there is actual scientific inquiry done, quantifying it.
Biological sex is a primary determinant of athletic performance because of fundamental sex differences in anatomy and physiology dictated by sex chromosomes and sex hormones. Adult men are typically stronger, more powerful, and faster than women of similar age and training status. Thus, for athletic events and sports relying on endurance, muscle strength, speed, and power, males typically outperform females by 10%-30% depending on the requirements of the event.
These are facts. That's why "transgender girls" - boys - should not, must not be allowed on girls' sports teams. Not even at younger ages. These differences exist even before puberty, although they are less pronounced:
In terms of gender differences in motor performance, the results confirm those of other studies that report the superiority of boys in tests of aerobic fitness and muscular strength and of girls in tests of balance and flexibility. Additionally, our findings indicate that the difference between boys and girls in physical fitness was greater in the explosive strength of upper and lower limbs, although with a medium-size effect of gender.
The left seems to be willing to deny facts. But in the case of Minnesota, the facts may be about the circle around and smack that blue state right in the kisser. This mess has gone on for far too long. Boys and men must be kept out of girls' and women's sports - and out of their locker rooms and showers. Enough is enough.
It's time for biology to reassert itself over ideology. Maybe a rebuke from the Justice Department will push Minnesota schools to do just that.
