Ladies, Here’s One Easy Way to Protect Our Spaces

October 2024

It seems that everywhere one looks these days, men who Identify as women are invading women’s spaces. Why are they doing this? In many cases, it’s because we let them.

We don’t have to let them.

Last month I wrote a post titled, Ladies, Why Let Them Do This to Us?. In this post I sited several situations that occurred during the International Olympics and other sports competitions where men who identified as women (or trans women who still had intact male genitalia) were allowed to compete in women’s events. International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach had the audacity to claim that identifying people’s biologic sex based on their chromosomes is outdated.

My heart goes out to all those XX-born females who invested years of their lives to compete in international women’s sports, only to be outdone by males—with XY genitalia intact—who claim to identify as women. Excuse my language, but there are times when XX-born ladies must have the balls to stand up for their rights. Protecting women’s spaces is one of them.

It’s time we lead a 21st century Revolution for Women’s Rights. It’s time we stand up, set firm boundaries, and fight back—forcefully, yet peacefully and legally—against the blatant disrespect we have so far politely chosen to endure.

One of my sons—a former U.S. Marine Corps fighter pilot, who like me stands proud of our family’s American patriot lineage–recently forwarded to me the following post on X by former FOX News host, Megyn Kelly:

Men pretending to be women are coming for the Daughters of the American Revolution now. If you are a member - pls read this short thread & email the address provided to SUPPORT THE POLICY AMENDMENT that will keep women’s spaces female-only.   

The following is the opening portion of the short thread referred to by Megyn Kelly, originally posted on X by Michael Knowles of Nashville, TN—a member of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR):

1/ Sexually confused men are invading yet another women’s group. It's perhaps their most absurd target yet: a group grounded in genetics, the Daughters of the American Revolution. Happily, members are channeling the rebellious spirit of their forebears and fighting back.

2/ DAR bylaws have always been clear. It’s for the daughters—female descendants—of Revolutionary patriots. As a genealogical organization, DAR takes biological integrity so seriously that only biological descendants—i.e., not adopted family members—are eligible for membership.

3/ A small group of the DAR’s leadership now appears to believe that men can be women. They even contend that such men have always been allowed in the DAR.

4/ According to an internal FAQ document, members are expected to pretend that “transgender women” have always been eligible and that their inclusion took place “organically,” as if implicit in bylaws written before “transgenderism” was even thought to exist.

The above post includes several more points, which you can read here. Upon reading the post in its entirety, I immediately emailed the Executive Board of my own DAR chapter to better understand the National Society’s policies and guidelines. As expected, the chapter Board’s reply confirmed that the National Society of DAR (NSDAR) has clearly defined rules regarding gender:

NSDAR official policy is to require a state-issued birth certificate for all applicants that says the applicant is female.  It must be issued from the state of birth. We cannot question whether this is an original or amended birth certificate; that would be discrimination and potentially open a chapter and the national society to litigation.

 Many states will not issue an amended birth certificate changing the sex of the named child.  It is usually difficult to get a birth certificate amended to change gender.  And Florida has recently been denying BC [birth certificate] changes to gender.

 The Bylaw change that was made in 2023 and which our chapter adopted on 9/20/2023 states (see Art III sec 1) “…chapters may not discriminate against an eligible applicant based on race, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.”  This was done to protect not only the chapters, but the NSDAR as well.  Should a discrimination lawsuit be brought and succeed – and—the IRS decided to withdraw our 501(c)(3) status, our property tax in Washington, DC would be over $1 million a year and all chapters would lose their non-profit status which would require the chapters to pay taxes on the dues collected.

I can certainly empathize with your concerns about men entering DAR, which actually began when the Sons of the American Revolution would not allow women to join its ranks. There are always individuals who want to make a point, gain publicity and stir things up. And in my opinion, that's a sad condition of our society today.

In follow-up to that response, I did a little more research and found the following insights at USBirthCertificates.com:  

• Today, there are around 1.4 million transgender people living in the USA according to a study by UCLA. 

• The majority of the 50 states allow you to change your birth certificate gender if you are transitioning. The process of updating the gender marker on your birth certificate differ based on the state of birth and sometimes hinge on the individual's transition stage.

• At present, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Tennessee are the only states that do not change a person’s gender on their birth certificate.

• When it comes to making a change to your vital records and identification documents, eligibility rules vary state by state. In the case of people going through a gender transition, you will often be required to submit supporting documents or medical certification to show you are undergoing a sex change.

• In regard to individuals born in FL: In July 2024 it was reported that Florida will no longer be processing gender marker changes. However, no official state policy has been announced.

• Some flexibility is already granted to gender-neutral individuals in specific states. The following states recognize intersex individuals with a third gender X option:

  • California

  • Colorado

  • Connecticut

  • Illinois

  • Maine

  • Michigan

  • Nevada

  • New Jersey

  • New Mexico

  • New York

  • Ohio

  • Oregon

  • Rhode Island

  • Utah

  • Vermont

  • Washington

  • Washington, District of Columbia

Requiring submission of a state-issued birth certificate to prove eligibility for “Women-Only” organizations and athletic competitions simply makes sense and would seem to be the key to peacefully and legally setting clear, irrefutable boundaries for eligibility and for protecting women’s spaces. Anyone without a female gender marker on their state-issued birth certificate should not be eligible to participate. Period.

If the women’s organizations to which you belong choose NOT to take appropriate actions to protect your rights to heretofore women-only spaces, then you can choose to walk away. At least you can leave with your dignity and grace intact.

Then, you can fight back by establishing a new organization with more clearly defined policies that protect women’s rights to our own spaces.

By standing united, we will prevail.