Hi chickadees,

The usequalityact-women.com website has sample letters for contacting federal bureau heads. But they also suggest modifying the Dept. of Ed. letter and sending it to your state Dept. of Education commissioner. I have adapted the letter and am sharing it below, so you can copy-and-paste and send it on its way. (I found my DoE commissioner's email really fast just by googling for it.)

Here is the letter:

Dear Commissioner, [or other title appropriate for your state]

I urge you to uphold Title IX and protect the hard-won rights of women and girls. President Biden has called for science-based and anti-discriminatory public policies. Allowing boys and men who identify as girls and women to compete in female sports undermines both of these ideals and will destroy female sport.

Males have many advantages over females in sport, including, but not limited to, larger hearts, greater lung capacity, more fast-twitch muscle fibers, and longer and stronger bones. The performance gap is such that in 2017 alone, 744 high school boys bested the 100 meter record of the fastest female athlete of all time – Florence Griffith Joyner. These advantages are not significantly mitigated by temporary suppression of testosterone. A recent meta-analysis of 12 longitudinal studies of suppression of testosterone in males identifying as female found only a 5% reduction in muscle mass after a year. Males identifying as women retained 13-39% more muscle mass than females. Further, many school boys who identify as girls have not undergone any medical transitioning before competing in female sport.

Last year, the US Department of Education determined that allowing males claiming female identity to compete in women’s sport is a violation of Title IX. In his executive order, President Biden asserts that the Supreme Court decision Bostock v Clayton County (2020), which involved a set of employment discrimination cases in violation of Title VII, also applies to Title IX. Barely a month ago, the Dept of Education legal counsel issued a memorandum explaining why Bostock does not apply to Title IX. In a significant passage concerning boys who identify as girls in female spaces such as locker rooms and restrooms, the memo states: "Title IX text is very different from Title VII text in many important respects. Title IX, for example, contains numerous exceptions authorizing or allowing sex-separate activities and intimate facilities to be provided separately on the basis of biological sex or for members of each biological sex." Therefore, state policies that end sex-segregated sports could leave our state vulnerable to costly lawsuits.

Dept of Education policies and practices that allow boys who identify as girls to compete in female sport are scientifically unjustifiable, discriminate against girls, and are quite possibly illegal. Girls and women deserve fairness in sport as well as privacy, dignity, and safety in our private spaces. I urge you to uphold the spirit and letter of Title IX in your policy and guidance revisions.

sincerely, [Name] [City, State]

ETA: "Therefore, state policies that end sex-segregated sports could leave our state vulnerable to costly lawsuits." at the suggestion of ColdHands. Thanks CH!

Edited: I had attributed the idea and original letter to the wrong website. Lily251 pointed this out to me in the comments.