Washington state school district votes to keep biological males out of girls sports despite state pushback

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A school district in a state with a Democratic governor has voted to keep biological boys out of girls sports.

The Quilcene School District in Washington voted 3-2 to keep sports competition based on athletes' birth gender.

The ruling defies a policy by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA), enacted in 2007, that allows transgender students to participate based on their gender identity.

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According to Fox 13, board member Ron Frantz said "Title IX is the law," and sports should be kept based on birth gender.

But another member, Vivian Kuehl, said it is "immoral" to keep transgender females out of girls and women's sports, according to The Seattle Times.

The vote was taken May 7. The state's governor, Bob Ferguson, defeated Republican nominee Dave Reichert in November. The state has not had a Republican governor since John Spellman, from 1981 to 1985.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order in February to keep biological boys out of girls and women's sports, but Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal said the order defies state law.

"State law prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity, and we will not back down from that," Reykdal said at the time.

Later that month, Reykdal said it would be "inaccurate" to say there are only two genders.

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