Time to protect girls sports

More than two years ago, the Eastmont School District serving East Wenatchee took the lead in trying to protect girls sports from gender-confused boys.

Then Kennewick, Moses Lake and other districts joined in.

There was enough pressure last year to prompt the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association to discuss rules to prevent boys from competing in girls athletics. But WIAA administrators balked; school representatives were only presented a non-binding straw ballot.

Fast forward to last month — the WIAA is again calling for a straw ballot on the issue.

And just this week, the U.S. Su...