Girls are being forced to compete against boys who identify as girls

Kim Jones hears “floods” of stories from girls who are forced to compete with, or share inappropriate spaces with, boys who identify as girls.

Jones is co-founder of the Independent Council on Women’s Sports (ICONS), a “network and advocacy group” for protecting women's sports.

She found this affects far more than those in elite sports — it reaches girls across the country, even in middle school athletics.

Oregon state government and school athletic association have been unfairly pitting boys against girls.

26 states have passed bills protecting women’s sports, 15 of which also passed bills defining the term “sex” A Minnesota bill to protect women's sports failed in February .

IWF hopes Congress will pass the bill in the next three years .

The federal government can pull funding from entities that violate the law.