Gender ideology has spread to nearly every aspect of our lives—education, religion, government, even sports —and is undermining the biological reality of male and female. “Gender identity,” untethered from our bodies, is fast replacing this reality. On March 17 2022, a University of Pennsylvania swimmer named Lia Thomas, a biological male who competed from 2017-2019 on the University of Pennsylvania men’s swim team as Will Thomas, became the women’s NCAA champion for the 500-yard freestyle event. Will was an average swimmer—ranked No. 462 in the nation—until he decided he was actually a woman and took a few months of hormone suppressants to prove it. The biological women who have worked tirelessly for years to get to this point where they could compete for an NCAA championship title, were denied the opportunity when a male athlete decided to transition to a woman. Women and children are at risk to lose their safety, security, and equality due to the radical agenda of trans activists. Concerned Americans can’t stop praying and can’t stop being involved and educating themselves so they are best equipped to protect the biological reality of manhood and womanhood. Someone recently said it this way: Womanhood is not puberty blockers, lipstick, clothing, or surgery. It is a biological reality and should be protected, not redefined. The best women are not men. The best women are women.

Dr. Jay Richards is Director of DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family and the William E. Simon Senior Research Fellow in Religious Liberty and Civil Society. He joins Jacob Kersey to respond to the most common arguments made by transgender activists.

The Heritage Foundation believes that neither federal lawmakers nor courts should have the power to redefine what it is to be a man or a woman for all Americans.
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