Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued an executive order on Oct. 2 directing the state’s Board of Health to set regulations that will prevent males from participating in female-only sporting events, or using spaces such as locker rooms “where females are likely to be in a state of undress.”
“Women deserve an equal opportunity to participate in competitive sports, and those opportunities must be safe, fair, and in compliance with federal law,” Youngkin’s order said.
He cited several recent incidents, including the suspension of two young men who questioned why a female student was in the boys’ locker room, and another where a male was watching female students change clothes in the girls’ locker room. In addition, more than a dozen witnesses testified after a male sex offender allegedly exposed himself in front of female children in school locker rooms in Northern Virginia, said the governor….