For Immediate Release: July 22, 2025 | Contact: [email protected]
Washington D.C. — New research on male participation in women’s and girls’ sports from Concerned Women for America (CWA) found that trans-identifying males have stolen over 1,941 gold medals from women and girls in the United States, pushing each rightful champion down to second place.
“For too long, trans-identifying males have displaced, disrupted, and injured women and girls in female sports categories. Our research reveals the shocking truth of the matter – over 1,900 women have come in second place to men who claim to be women. This is outrageously unjust. Women and girls must have sex-protected athletics under Title IX,” said Penny Nance, CEO and President, Concerned Women for America.
“We urge the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee, the NCAA, and all independent National Governing Bodies in the United States to reverse any discriminatory policies disadvantaging women. CWA also urges these governing bodies to restore lost gold medals to the 1,941 women and girls found in this study, redistribute cash prizes, and correct leaderboards for all who lost their rightful titles and prizes to biological men,” Nance said.
Compiling data from recorded incidents of natal males’ disruption in female events since the mid-1980s, CWA also found that:
- Trans-identifying male athletes have stolen over $493,173 in prize money from women in professional sports.
- In California alone, over 521 women and girls have taken silver below a male allowed to compete in the women’s category.
- Trans-identifying males have competed in more than 10,067 female sport events, amateur and professional. Tens of thousands of women and girls have been displaced and disrupted on their own teams, tracks, fields, and leaderboards.
The National Governing Bodies (NGBs) presiding over the competitions where men defeated women include but are not limited to:
- USA Cycling*
- USA Ultimate Frisbee*
- US Rowing*
- US Tennis Association*
- US Archery Team (USAT)*
- Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA)
- USA Track and Field (USATF)*
- Road Runners Club of America Running USA*
- National Federation of State High School Associations*
- USA Fencing*
- USA Swimming*
- USA Volleyball*
- US Bowling Conference (USBC)*
- National Collegiate Athlete Association (NCAA)*
- California Interscholastic Federation (CIF)
- National Intercollegiate Running Club Association (NIRCA)
- Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Athlete Association (PIAA)
- California Collegiate Athlete Association (CCAA)
- Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conferences (CIAC)
- Central Connecticut Conference (CCC)
- Massachusetts Interscholastic Athlete Association (MIAA)
- Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA)
- Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA)
- Lady’s Professional Golf Association (LPGA)
*Denotes affiliation with the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC)
The full report can be found at: https://concernedwomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/CWA-Males-in-Womens-Sports-Factsheet-07-25.pdf
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