Rep. Mary Peltola, unlike her successor, is still not sure what a woman actually is. Her hesitancy about protecting women and girls has now gained the attention of national media. Peltola was featured in a story at the Daily Wire, which has a readership of hundreds of thousands per day.
“When Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola ran for Congress in 2022, she danced around addressing whether trans-identifying men should be allowed in women’s sports. Fairness is important, she indicated, but she needed to learn more,” the Daily Wire wrote in a report this week.
“I need to better acquaint myself with this issue, which I believe is more complicated than some make it out to be,” Peltola told the Anchorage Daily News in August 2022. “My starting point is that sports should be fair for all students, and we must protect the rights of all students – especially those that are already subject to significant discrimination. I look forward to learning more, and focusing on the many other pressing challenges the U.S. Congress is facing.”
As Peltola faces reelection in November and a strong challenge from Republican Nick Begich, she will likely shy away from her previous social media posts in October that support LGBTQ History Month. But some publications are not allowing her to distance herself from her voting record.
The Daily Wire points to Must Read Alaska’s story about Peltola’s vote in April of 2023 against the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023” — legislation prohibiting school athletic programs from allowing boys who identify as girls to play in girls’ sports. The bill, which passed the House of Republicans, would have made it a violation of Title IX for federally-funded education programs to allow men in women’s athletic programs.
The national website quotes Kenai’s Cindy Glassmaker, a mother of three daughters who are involved in school sports: “Alaskans are outraged by Rep. Mary Peltola’s misguided championing of the radical transgender agenda. Peltola’s stance is a slap in the face to every female athlete. We’re not buying this woke nonsense that cancels women’s sports and hands women’s hard-earned rights to biological men.”
Read the Daily Wire story about Peltola’s gender confusion at this link.
“When Republican South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace put forward an amendment to that same legislation, which would have required a study on the effect that men participating in women’s sports has on women, Peltola voted against it,” the Daily Wire wrote.
Peltola then signed on as a co-sponsor of the radical “Equality Act,” to amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act to prevent “discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation,” The bill would allow confused people who identify as another gender into any locker room of their choice.
“The Equality Act would specifically require public women’s facilities, such as women’s bathrooms, locker rooms, and shelters, to admit men who identify as transgender women. Critics have pointed out that women who are trying to escape violent men and seek refuge in shelters would then be forced to share living spaces with men who identify as women,” Daily Wire wrote.
“As ‘Must Read Alaska reported at the time, the bill would apply to institutions like Anchorage’s Downtown Hope Center, a faith-based cold-weather shelter where women can seek refuge during the night,” the report said.
She has also come out in support of puberty blockers, which are castrating chemicals that are now being given to children who don’t want to go through puberty for any number of reasons.
“Peltola’s positions may put her out of step with her home state. The Alaska Board of Education voted in August 2023 to block boys who identify as girls from playing on girls’ athletic teams. And the Alaska House of Representatives passed a law in May 2024 banning boys from playing in girls’ sports. The bill then went to the State Senate, where it is expected to die, but the House Republicans who voted for the bill told Alaska Public Media that they were prioritizing the issue at the request of their constituents,” the report continued.
