# Blue-state voters buck the wave — and demand sanity on trans athletes

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/blue-state-voters-buck-the-wave-and-demand-sanity-on-trans-athletes/
- Published: 2026-11-05T02:40:38+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T03:25:23+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/04/opinion/voters-buck-the-blue-wave-and-demand-trans-athlete-sanity/
- Topics: Elections, Politics, World

## Key points

- Washington and Colorado voters approved restrictions on girls’ sports eligibility.
- The measures cover school competition from kindergarten through college.
- The vote is unlikely to settle the wider debate.

## Summary

Voters in Washington and Colorado approved ballot measures reserving girls’ and women’s school sports for biological females, according to the article. The opinion piece argues that the results challenge claims that such policies are only supported by conservatives and show that some voters who backed Democratic candidates also support sex-based sports categories.

Washington’s Initiative 638 covers K-12 competition and requires sex verification for school athletes; Colorado’s Proposition 134 applies from kindergarten through college and defines men’s, women’s and co-ed categories by reproductive biology. The author says the measures create legal recourse if schools or sports associations fail to comply, while acknowledging that they will not end the wider debate. The article is an opinion piece and presents a strongly critical view of trans inclusion in women’s sports.

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