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Protecting Women’s Sports, Including Irish Dance

Emily Claire Boulet | Laura Bryant Hanford

The June 30 Supreme Court ruling defending states’ right to ban trans-identifying men from women’s sports is already paying dividends, including in sports that had previously skirted U.S. law on American soil.

Since 2023, the world’s largest Irish dance organization, An Coimisiún le Rinci Gaelacha (CLRG), together with the Irish Dance Teachers Association of North America (IDTANA), has permitted a young man who identifies as female to compete in girls’ competitions. He now participates in the Girls Under 17 category at the regional, North American, and world levels.

Compared with girls, males possess naturally superior lung capacity, denser bones, and significantly greater muscle mass. The young male dancer’s record reflects this unjust advantage over the girls with whom he competes. He has repeatedly taken regional titles, World Championship qualifications, and extremely high placements at international competitions, including the World and North American championships.

Even after President Donald Trump’s executive order banned men from women’s sports, CLRG, as an Irish organization, claimed immunity from American law. As a woman who competed up to the World Championship level in Irish dance, one of the authors of this piece has personally witnessed, and taken part in, the widespread response against this injustice.

Thousands of dancers and supporters signed petitions protesting CLRG’s policy.........

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