As a White House lawyer during the first Trump go-round, I was awarded the “trans” portfolio in 2019, to the extent it existed. I remember one thing vividly: We maintained an Obama-era regulation that required women’s rape shelters to accommodate trans-identifying men. Why? Lots to say, but essentially, bulldozing the deep state, the media, the medical establishment, academia, and corporatism required a clearer mandate. The Trump administration wasn’t silent by any means, weighing in on the side of Connecticut runners, for example, who asserted a Title IX right to women’s sports.
Fast forward to 2024.
Americans were bombarded with advertisements against Kamala Harris, who advocated for taxpayer-funded transgender procedures for inmates, and Colin Allred (TX) and Sherrod Brown (OH), who voted against the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. The WSJ labeled…
