Dear Editor,
Rochelle Olson’s column, “Republicans choose to squander their leadership by attacking trans girls” (March 4, 2025), is almost artistic in the way it dances around the truth. For example, Olson perpetuates the myth spread by progressive lawmakers that the Preserve Girls’ Sports Act would lead to invasive physical examinations to determine someone’s birth sex. The bill says or implies nothing of the kind.
Olson continues to wrongly state that a January poll in the New York Times, which found that 79% of Americans believe in preserving girls’-only teams was limited to collegiate athletics, when in fact there was no such qualifier.
As the legislative testimony of four doctors, including a physician at the USA Olympic Training Center made clear, it is unfair to ask girls playing on female teams to make room for male athletes who identify as transgender. Female athletes understand this, and are standing up to fight it.
Olson agrees that it would be unfair if male athletes were snapping up medals and records in girls’ sports, but denies that this is happening. It is happening. To take just one example, Olson’s assertion would certainly be news to the female athletes in Washington state who saw all three podium spots in a women’s cycling competition taken by transgender competitors last year. How many more examples does Olson need before this narrative falls apart?
Sincerely,
Renee Carlson, General Counsel | True North Legal
Moses Bratrud, Director of Communications | Minnesota Family Council