If you follow the fight to win back girls’ and women’s right to a level playing field in sports, you know that the movement has reached a tipping point: At women’s professional basketball games around the country, women and girls—and boys and men — are standing with the Indiana Fever’s Sophie Cunningham to state the obvious: Girls and women have a right to play sports in their own sex-based category, without facing boys and men on the field or in the locker room. And this time, there are too many girls and women raising their voices for bullies to drown out. If you haven’t yet engaged in public support of girls’ and women’s sports, now is the time.
This moment has been years in the making. The issue of men competing “as women” broke through our national consciousness at least four years ago, when Will “Lia” Thomas rose from a ranking of 65th among college swimmers in the men’s freestyle in 2019 to winning the women’s national championship in 2022. The issue boiled over again in 2024, when the International Olympic Committee awarded gold medals in women’s boxing to two male boxers. (Both men have since retired from competitions that resumed sex testing.) Ninety-six first-place medals in US girls’ state championships have been given to boys.
Since those triggering events, more than half the US states have passed legislation protecting sex-based sports at schools and universities, and this summer the Supreme Court upheld those state laws in the cases BPJ and Hecox. Now is the time to win back not just the legislatures and the courts, but the culture.
Join the movement to save women’s sports
Rallies have already taken place at recent Indiana Fever Games in Seattle, Portland, and Minneapolis, and the collective energy is only growing. The Fever has 10 more games this August and we are hoping to join our voices with those of other radical feminist women at each of them. The next game is in Indianapolis on Thursday, August 6, followed by Chicago on Saturday, August 8.
If you’re interested in joining a rally, or if you’re already planning to go to one, let us know by emailing [email protected]. We’re working with groups around the country to connect signatories of the Declaration on Women’s Sex-Based Rights with events near them. Time permitting, we may be able to make signs available to you, or we can share the designs for you to print yourself. You can also get WDI USA shirts at our online store.
For years, polls have shown that around 80 percent of all American voters — including clear majorities in both parties and all demographic groups — believe boys and men have no place in girls’ and women’s sports. This isn’t a partisan issue. It’s a return to common sense. Now is the time to make that so clear the media can no longer ignore it.
If we can be heard, we will win.
Support our advocacy for women’s sex-based rights!
If you aren’t able to make it in person, we hope you’ll consider chipping in to support the work we do. As an all-volunteer organization, our overhead expenses are very low; 85% of your contribution is applied directly to advocacy for women’s sex-based rights.
Monthly gifts help us plan ahead more effectively. Right now, new recurring gifts will still be matched for three months by a generous donor. We have reached $1,335 in new monthly contributions — help unlock the full $2,000 match amount!
- $5 per month pays for four double-sided protest signs per year
- $10 per month covers three pro-woman banners per year
Or, if you prefer to give on a one-time basis:
- $35 covers WDI USA’s website domain for one year
- $150 pays for our Zoom account for one year, allowing us to organize women from all across the country
Thank you!
