Steve Garvey calls for preventing trans inclusion in women’s sports and defends the losses that protest it

EXCLUSIVE: Former World Series Champion Dodgers Steve Garvey is running for the U.S. Senate as a Republican in California, and revealed his stance on one of November’s sudden hot-button issues to Fox News Digital ahead of Los Angeles’ title fight against the Yankees.

Garvey made it clear that he was opposed Trans inclusion in women’s sports.and insists that biological limits must be established to define biological gender. He also stated that he believes transgender athletes should only compete against each other.

“This is a topic I’ve talked to a lot of people about. I just think it’s defined by biological men and women, and I think God gives us free will and choice, and if you choose to be transgender, let’s say male and female, then you should compete against those people who have done the same thing,” Garvey said.

Garvey cited his experience as a father to his two daughters, Krisha and Whitney, for his stance.

“I have daughters, I worry about their safety, I worry about their freedom, and I think it’s not fair to have that kind of competition, that a woman is always going to be at a deficit,” Garvey said.

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Former President Trump has gone so far as to advocate for a ban, while Democrats, including Vice President Harris and Ted Cruz’s Texas opponent Collin Allred, have distanced themselves from support for transgender athletes in women’s sports over the past month. .

Harris has dodged questions about transgender rights in recent interviews on Fox News and NBC News, while Allred’s campaign has gone so far as to run television ads saying she is against “transgender sports.” boys in girls’ sports.

Garvey believes the nation’s leadership must take steps to define the distinction between biological men and women.

“I think coming back to leadership, we need to define this even more,” Garvey said.

In Garvey’s home state of California, San Jose State University has been at the epicenter of heated election month debate.

On Friday, the university’s volleyball program received word that an opponent would forfeit for the fifth time this season alone, as the program is embroiled in a national controversy over a lawsuit by one of its players against the NCAA, alleging They never told him that. his teammate is a biological man.

Brooke Slusser has joined a lawsuit led by OutKick host and former college swimmer Riley Gaines against the NCAA over its gender identity policies. Slusser joined this lawsuit because she claims she has had to share the court, locker room and even a room on overnight trips with teammate Blaire Fleming without ever being told that Fleming was transgender.

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The University of Nevada, Reno announced it would officially forfeit its Saturday game against San Jose State after a tense dispute between Nevada players and its athletic department. The players voted to forfeit the game and made it public that they intended not to take the field against San Jose State. Sources told Fox News Digital that the players even approached athletic director Stephanie Rempe to request that they miss the game.

But Nevada didn’t officially drop the program until Saturday, when it deemed it didn’t have enough players to participate in the game after a highly visible outcry from players over the past week.

Garvey defended the athletes and all other volleyball programs that have lost matches for refusing to compete against a transgender opponent.

“I hate to see women lose the opportunity to compete, but what they are doing – and this has become part of their free will and choice – is choosing how they are going to make a statement,” Garvey said.

During his career with the Dodgers, Garvey played in more than 1,700 games over the course of 14 seasons and batted .301 with 211 home runs and 992 RBIs. Garvey was also selected to eight All-Star Games and won the All-Star Game MVP award in both 1974 and 1978. (Steve Garvey)

San Jose State has said it is complying with official NCAA rules amid news of its fifth loss of the year.

“All of our athletes comply with the policies of the NCAA and the Mountain West Conference and are eligible to play under the rules of those organizations. We will continue to take steps to prioritize the health and safety of our students as they pursue the opportunities they have earned to compete. “. the university said in a statement to Fox News Digital on Friday.

San Jose State’s Slusser and Nevada’s Sia Liillii have taken leadership roles in voicing their opposition to transgender inclusion in women’s sports in recent weeks.

Republican lawmakers Idaho Gov. Brad Little and Tulsi Gabbard have praised the players and teams that have refused to play the Spartans. Trump’s campaign has criticized his Democratic opponent on the issue in the final weeks leading up to Election Day.

Former NCAA swimmer and OutKick contributor Riley Gaines took the stage at the Turning Point Action conference that preceded Trump’s rally in Georgia on Wednesday.

“I could share the grotesque details of what it was like to be forced to strip naked, inches from a six-foot-tall man who watched us strip to nothing, while he did the same, exposing his naked male body completely intact. ” Gaines said. “There are no words to describe the violation and betrayal, the humiliation we feel.”

The Biden-Harris administration in April issued a sweeping rule clarifying that Title IX’s ban on “sex” discrimination in schools covers discrimination based on gender identity, sexual orientation, and “pregnancy or related conditions.”

The administration insisted that the regulation does not address athletic eligibility. However, several experts evidence presented to Fox News Digital in June that would ultimately include more biological males in women’s sports.

He Supreme Court then voted 5-4 in August to reject an emergency request from the Biden administration to enforce parts of that new rule after more than two dozen Republican attorneys general sued to block Title IX changes in their own states. .

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University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas and Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines react after finishing tied for fifth in the 200 freestyle finals at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships on March 18 of 2022 at the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Georgia. (Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

However, the problem extends far beyond the borders of the US.

He United Nations The results of a published study say that almost 900 biological women have not stood on the podium because they have been defeated by transgender athletes.

The study, titled “Violence against women and girls in sports,” saying that more than 600 athletes did not obtain medals in more than 400 competitions in 29 different sports, for a total of more than 890 medals, according to information obtained up to March 30.

“The replacement of the women’s sports category with a mixed category has caused an increasing number of athletes to lose opportunities, including medals, when competing against men,” the report says.

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