IT IS A SAD DAY FOR FOOTBALL.
ALL RIGHT, FOR WEEKS,
"THE INGRAHAM ANGLE" HAS BEEN
BRINGING YOU THE LATEST ON THE
YOU PEN ATHLETE WHO IS UPENDING
WOMEN’S SWIMMING.
THOMAS IS A BIOLOGICAL MALE WHO
IS ABSOLUTELY DOMINATING THE
POLE.
TEAMMATES AND PARENTS ARE
ABSOLUTELY LIVID.
LAST WEEK THE USA SWIMMING
OFFICIAL CYNTHIA MILLAN
ANNOUNCED ON THIS SHOW THAT SHE
WAS QUITTING OVER THE ENTIRE
SITUATION.
>> MEN SWIM 8-12% FASTER THAN
WOMEN.
MEN HAVE LARGER LUNG CAPACITY,
SKELETON, CIRCULATORY SYSTEM,
HEART, AND NOTHING THAT LEAH DID
BY TAKING A YEAR OFF TO TAKE
TESTOSTERONE SUPPRESSION DRUGS,
THAT DOES NOT CHANGE LEAH’S
BODY, SO EVERY TIME LEAH JUMPS
INTO THE POOL, IT’S A MAN WHO IS
COMPETING AGAINST WOMEN.
THIS IS GROSSLY UNFAIR.
>> Sean: SO OF COURSE WE ARE
THOMAS THE ONLY TRANS ATHLETE
OUT THERE.
JERRY CHANTEL SOUNDING THE ALARM
ALARM.
YOU HAD A PRETTY DISTRESSING
MORNING FOR US ABOUT THE FUTURE
OF WOMEN’S SPORTS.
WHAT IS IT?
>> YES, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
MY MESSAGE THIS EVENING IS A
CALL TO ACTION AND IT IS THAT
WHAT YOU SEE RIGHT NOW IN
WOMEN’S ATHLETICS IS GOING TO BE
THE EXTINCTION OF WOMEN’S SPORTS
IN GENERAL.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING STAGES OF
WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.
WE NEED PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT IS GOING ON IN ATHLETICS.
WE NEED PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND
THAT THIS IS A COMPLETE
DISCRIMINATION OF WOMEN AND WHAT
IS HAPPENING THAT WE DO NOT HAVE
OUR INSTITUTIONS AND OUR
UNIVERSITIES AND OUR GOVERNING
BODIES STANDING BY WATCHING THIS
UNFOLD.
IT’S COMPLETE NEGLECT.
>> Sean: THAT’S FRUSTRATING TO
ME BECAUSE I COULDN’T AGREE WITH
YOU MORE.
THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE THREAT TO
WOMEN’S SPORTS.
SO I WONDER, YOU KNOW, WHERE ALL
THE OLYMPIC ATHLETES, WHERE ARE
ALL THE COLLEGE ATHLETES THAT
ARE WOMEN?
WHERE’S THE NCAA?
WHERE MOMS AND DADS?
THERE SHOULD BE OUTRAGE ACROSS
THE COUNTRY AND THERE’S VERY FEW
PEOPLE WERE STANDING UP AND
SOUNDING THE ALARM LIKE YOU.
>> ABSOLUTELY BUT WE LIVE IN A
CULTURE WHERE PEOPLE ARE SCARED.
PEOPLE LOSE THEIR LIVELIHOODS.
THE YOU PEN WOMEN DID WRITE A
LETTER AND THEY HAD TO BE
ANONYMOUS BECAUSE IT’S SCARY FOR
THEM AND WHAT THEY’RE RISKING,
THEIR ENTIRE LIVELIHOOD THAT
THEREAFTER IS PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO
HOPEFULLY START A TREND TO
ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO SPEAK
UP.
ANYBODY THAT CAN DO ANYTHING,
THIS AFFECTS ALL OF US.
WE HAVE MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS
AND SISTERS AND AUNTS.
THIS IS A WOMEN’S ISSUE.
IF YOU CARE ABOUT WOMEN, YOU
SHOULD CARE ABOUT THIS CAUSE.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT’S REALLY
HARD FOR EVERYONE TO SPEAK OUT
RIGHT NOW AND I ACTUALLY HAVE
EMPATHY FOR THEIR POSITION.
I TAKE GREAT RESPONSIBILITY IN
TRYING TO SPEAK UP AND DO
SOMETHING AND HOPEFULLY THERE
WILL BE A WAVE THEREAFTER.
>> Sean: I THINK YOU’RE RIGHT,
BECAUSE COURAGE BEGETS MORE
COURAGE WITH OTHERS AND PEOPLE
LIKE YOU STANDING UP IS
IMPORTANT BUT I WANT TO BRING
HER BECAUSE EARLIER THIS MONTH,
"POLITICO" REPORTED THAT THE
BIDEN DEMONSTRATION INDICATED
ITS PLAN TO INCLUDE IN THE NEW
TITLE IX RULES, A RANGE OF
PROTECTION FOR TRANSGENDER
STUDENTS, INCLUDING THEIR RIGHTS
TO PARTICIPATE IN SCHOOL SPORTS.
SO WHAT’S YOUR REACTION?
THIS COULD ACTUALLY BECOME LAW
THAT TRANSGENDER BOYS COULD GET
TO, BY LAW, COMPETE AGAINST
WOMEN.
>> MY REACTION TO THAT IS THE
SAME REACTION I HAVE OVER ALL OF
THIS.
HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO
NOT USE SEX AS OUR IDENTIFIER,
WE ARE GOING TO MAKE WOMEN
OBSOLETE IN GENERAL AND NOT JUST
IN ATHLETICS.
IT IS A STANDARD IN WHICH WE USE
BECAUSE MALE BODIES COMPETING
AGAINST WOMEN DOES NOT UPHOLD
WHAT WE BELIEVE IN FAIRNESS OF
SPORT.
AND IT WILL TRICKLE DOWN TO
EVERYTHING ELSE.
>> Sean: I GET IT WITH
SWIMMING.
IT’S A TIME TO -- TIMED EVENTS,
BUT YOU’RE NOT TOUCHING ANYBODY.
I’M CONCERNED, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
TRANSGENDER BOYS START PLAYING
WOMEN’S HOCKEY OR KICKBOXING OR
KARATE YOU HAVE PHYSICAL
CONTACT?
THE RESULTS CAN BE QUITE
DEVASTATING AND A LOT OF WOMEN,
YOUNG WOMEN, WILL BE LIKE I’M
NOT GOING TO DO IT BECAUSE THE
RISK IS TOO GREAT FOR INJURY.
>> YOU MAKE A GREAT POINT.
YOUNG WOMEN, WHAT WE ARE SETTING
THE STANDARD FOR IF WE DO NOT DO
SOMETHING NOW, WE ARE GOING TO
LOOK AT YOUNG WOMEN AND OUR
DAUGHTERS AND WE ARE GOING TO
SAY NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, NO
MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY, IT WILL
NOT MATTER AND YOU DO NOT
MATTER.
THAT IS THE MESSAGE THAT
SOCIETALLY WE ARE PREPARING
OURSELVES TO SEND TO THE NEXT
GENERATION ACROSS THE BOARD IF
WE DO NOT DO SOMETHING NOW, AND
WE NEED A POLITICAL MOVEMENT.
WE NEED PEOPLE TO CARE.
WE NEED LAWS ENACTED TO HELP THE
DISCRIMINATION THAT IS HAPPENING
AGAINST WOMEN.
>> Sean: YOU ARE 100% RIGHT
AND EVERY MOM AND DAD, EVERY
COACH, SHOULD STAND UP RIGHT NOW
AND SPEAK WITH YOU TO MAKE THIS
END AND GIVE SPORTS DR. GIRLS.
FIX FOR JOINING TONIGHT AND
THANK YOU FOR LENDING YOUR VOICE