Granite Staters — girls, women, boys, and men — we stand at a crossroads. New Hampshire’s motto is “Live Free or Die.” Today, that freedom includes protecting the hard-won rights of women and girls in sports.
I walked away from the Democratic Party because they abandoned biological reality—allowing biological males into women’s sports, erasing fair play and safety. That betrayal fueled my promise: to fight for women’s and girls’ rights here in New Hampshire, across America, and beyond. As NH State Leader for the Independent Women’s Network and #WalkAway, and as a lifelong athlete and girls’ gymnastics coach in Keene, I signed the ICONS amicus brief in United States v. Skrmetti alongside 135 female athletes, coaches, and parents — including legends like Martina Navratilova and Riley Gaines.
The science is irrefutable. As the brief details, post-puberty male advantages reach 10–50% across sports — greater muscle mass, strength, bone density, and skeletal structure that emerge even before puberty through higher androgen levels in male infants. Testosterone suppression doesn’t erase these edges. Male performance remains superior. Title IX — 53 years strong, soon 54 — exists precisely because biological sex matters. It created opportunities for women by recognizing immutable differences, not erasing them.
Forcing girls to compete against biological males isn’t inclusion — it’s exclusion. It drives girls out of sports, steals scholarships, titles, and safety in locker rooms. This isn’t a partisan fight. It’s an 80–90% American consensus: women deserve their own category based on biological sex. Radical feminists, Democrats, Independents, and conservatives all agree — Title IX must mean something.
Now there’s a clear path to action. SB552 has passed both chambers of the New Hampshire Legislature and is on Governor Kelly Ayotte’s desk. The Senate passed it 16–8, and the House followed with 179–159. This bill clarifies that public entities are not forbidden from differentiating between the biological sexes in athletic competitions, prisons, locker rooms, restrooms, and places of intimate privacy. It defines biological sex as “the male and female biological sexes” and ends false claims that New Hampshire prohibits all sex separation outside of athletics.
Granite Staters support commonsense protections: a New Hampshire Journal and Praecones Analytica poll found 74% believe biological sex separation should be permitted in restrooms and locker rooms, and 59% believe it should be permitted in school sports. The safety of New Hampshire women and girls depends on this bill being signed into law.
Governor Ayotte, sign SB552, HB 1442, and SB 464. Protect single-sex sports, facilities, and fairness. Stand with every Granite State daughter chasing her dreams on a level playing field. Biological reality isn’t bigotry — it’s common sense. Let New Hampshire lead: Live Free, play fair, and protect our girls.
ACTION NEEDED — Contact Governor Ayotte’s office this week and ask her to sign SB552 into law:
Easy link to send her an email: https://iwnetwork.com/actions/stand-with-new-hampshire-women-and-girls/
Phone: (603) 271-2121
Email: GovernorAyotte@governor.nh.gov
Here is Governor Kelly Ayotte’s official mailing address for letters to the Office of the Governor:
Office of the Governor
State House, Room 208
107 North Main Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 271-2121
Thank you.
Bronwyn Sims
NH State Leader, Independent Women’s Network and #WalkAway
Girls’ Gymnastics Coach, Keene, NH
SIMS: Live Free, Play Fair — New Hampshire Must Sign SB552 to Protect Women’s and Girls’ Sports
