Kincaid’s Statement on Protecting Women’s Sports and Sex‑Based Privacy – WA‑01

For Immediate Release

Contact: Kincaid for Congress

Date: February 6, 2026

Press Release · WA-01

Kincaid: Protecting Women's Sports and Sex-Based Privacy in Washington's 1st District

Press statement from Kincaid for Congress — WA-01

Women and girls are entitled to fair athletic competition, physical safety, and personal privacy in sex segregated environments. These protections are grounded in long-standing principles of equality and security. Upholding them is both a matter of basic fairness and of maintaining public trust in the institutions that serve women and girls.

This effort is not about exclusion. It is about establishing clear, consistent standards that safeguard women's opportunities, dignity, and rights and about having the courage to say so plainly when others will not.

Policy Priorities

1. Ensuring Fairness in Women's and Girls' Sports

Women's sports exist to promote equitable athletic competition and to preserve the opportunities scholarships, records, roster spots, and physical safety that would otherwise be compromised without distinct, protected categories.

To maintain these purposes, I support federal and state policies that:

Define female athletic categories on the basis of biological sex
Establish uniform eligibility standards for governing bodies, schools, and athletic associations, preventing the inconsistent and improvised rules that currently create confusion and unfairness
Reaffirm Title IX's original intent to protect equal athletic opportunity for women and girls
Guarantee due process, transparency, and procedural consistency in eligibility determinations and policy enforcement

Every athlete deserves safety, respect, and a level playing field. Fair competition requires distinct categories that reflect biological realities, while ensuring that all students are treated with integrity and dignity.

2. Safeguarding Sex Based Privacy in Intimate and Protected Settings

Sex specific privacy and safety standards are essential in many contexts particularly those involving vulnerability, exposure, or physical intimacy. These include locker rooms and changing facilities, showers and saunas, domestic violence shelters, certain correctional and detention facilities, healthcare environments involving intimate care, and sex segregated accommodations where privacy and personal safety are central to the service provided.

I support policies that:

Preserve the right of institutions to maintain women only facilities and services when justified by privacy, safety, or therapeutic need
Protect sex based privacy in high sensitivity environments where women and girls are most vulnerable
Provide reasonable accommodations such as single occupancy or private use spaces that ensure all individuals have dignified options without compromising protections for women

Federal Action and Legislative Commitment

Many relevant rules are set at the state and local level, but Congress retains clear authority in areas involving civil rights enforcement, federal funding, and national policy consistency. That authority must be used.

If elected to Congress, I will:

Advance clear federal guidance reaffirming Title IX protections for women's sports and reducing the legal uncertainty that currently leaves educational institutions without direction
Support legislation that explicitly upholds sex based privacy in contexts where safety and security are paramount
Require transparency, public accountability, and measurable outcomes in any federal policy changes affecting sex segregated contexts
Defend open discourse and free expression so that parents, educators, and athletes can voice their perspectives without fear of professional retaliation or social punishment

Commitment to Clarity, Fairness, and Dignity

This issue should not be weaponized for partisan gain. Protecting women and girls requires a balanced, constructive approach one anchored in factual standards, legal clarity, and human dignity.

We can restore confidence and fairness by establishing policies that are clear, predictable, and consistent across jurisdictions by preserving the integrity and meaning of female athletic categories; by upholding privacy and safety in sensitive, sex-specific environments; and by providing reasonable, respectful solutions that balance competing rights and acknowledge biological realities.

That is the standard of leadership and common sense policy I intend to bring to Congress.

On Representative DelBene's Record

Representative Suzan DelBene voted against the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 (H.R. 28) on January 14, 2025. The bill, which aimed to prohibit schools from allowing individuals whose biological sex at birth was male to participate in athletic programs designated for women or girls, passed the House by a vote of 219 to 203. Representative DelBene voted no.

She is also a cosponsor of the Transgender Bill of Rights, a House resolution outlining a set of policy and legislative goals one of which explicitly seeks to amend Title IX in order to prevent the exclusion of biological males from female athletic competition.

In the fight to protect girls' sports, Representative DelBene has clearly stated whose side she is on. It is not the side of the girls and women whose opportunities, records, and safety are at stake.

Representative DelBene has never stood up to protect women's and girls' sports. She has not done so in over twelve years in Congress, and the record makes clear she has no intention of starting now. She will not stand with you on this issue.

And it is worth remembering that Representative DelBene is not just any member of Congress. She holds one of the top leadership positions in the Democratic Party. As Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee . The organization responsible for developing and coordinating the party's strategy to win House elections , she bore direct responsibility for the outcome of the last election cycle. Under her leadership, Donald Trump became President again. Republicans won control of both the White House and Congress. So the question that every Democrat and every independent voter in this district deserves to ask is a simple one: how is her strategy working out for you so far?

Kincaid will always stand up to protect girls' and women's sports. Kincaid will always stand by you.

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Kincaid is a moderate, common-sense Democrat and official candidate for Congress in Washington's 1st Congressional District. The campaign is focused on practical solutions for public safety, healthcare, economic fairness, and the protection of women's rights.

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