Hours after the Supreme Court heard arguments on state laws restricting transgender athletes from women’s sports, many of those involved headed over to the Mellon Auditorium to celebrate the Women’s Sports Gala.
Alliance Defending Freedom President Kristen Waggoner, whose group defended the female athletes, received congratulations from White House and Justice Department officials.
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and conservative media figure Megyn Kelly were also in attendance.
“How tragic that women are still fighting for their right to have equal access and equal opportunity in athletics programs,” Ms. McMahon told the room.
While the arguments in court focused on the law, Abby Cross, the mother of one of the girls who had competed with the transgender girl plaintiff in one of the cases, talked about the harassment she said her daughter faced in the locker room with the male athlete.
She said the transgender athlete would tell the girls to “suck his D.”
And at one point, he came up behind Ms. Cross’ daughter and threatened to stick his “D” in her “P,” Ms. Cross recounted.
The coach, she said, heard the inappropriate comments but feared speaking out or else losing her job.
While the American Civil Liberties Union, which defended the transgender athlete in court, has denied the allegations, those are stories the justices didn’t get to hear Tuesday.
Fatherhood fete
Terry Schilling, president of the American Principles Project, who was also at the Women’s Sports Gala, will debut a new documentary later this month detailing the decline in the traditional family through the lens of fatherhood.
The debut will be held Jan. 27 at Mar-a-Lago, President Trump’s “Winter White House” in Florida.
“The birth dearth is the biggest crisis in America, and it starts with the decades-long war on fatherhood. We have seen the results: deaths of despair, loneliness and misery. The nurseries are empty and the mortuaries are full,” Mr. Schilling told The Washington Times.
“A country that has lost the will to reproduce cannot hope to survive. Fathers Wanted tackles the slow motion suicide of the West, a call to arms for policymakers, parents, and young people to rediscover the joy of family, faith, and children in a society that wants to trap young men in perpetual adolescence.”
Melania’s documentary
Two days later, on Jan. 29, first lady Melania Trump will premiere her documentary “Melania” at the Trump-Kennedy Center in Washington.
The exclusive event will draw many Washington insiders to the newly refurbished arts center for the red carpet affair.
In the documentary, the public will get an inside look at the relationship between Mrs. Trump and her husband, including behind-the-scenes takes on their conversations as they return to the White House. The movie focuses on the 20 days leading up to his inauguration.
Mrs. Trump is one of the producers of the film, which was directed by Brett Ratner, who also directed such movies as the “Rush Hour” series, “Red Dragon” and “Hercules.”
The documentary will be released publicly in select theaters on Jan. 30.
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