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Durbin Criticizes Gender-Verification Proposals as “Vendetta” at Hearing

By Drooid · Sep 24, 2026, 3:46 AM UTC · How we work

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Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on women's sports proceeded with almost all Democratic senators absent.
Only Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) attended, leaving within an hour.
Durbin dismissed trans-athlete concerns, citing a Trevor Project study linking LGBTQ youth to higher suicide risk.
Durbin called gender-verification proposals a “vendetta” that could force invasive physical inspections of female athletes.

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Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on women's sports proceeded with almost all Democratic senators absent.
Only Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) attended, leaving within an hour.
Durbin dismissed trans-athlete concerns, citing a Trevor Project study linking LGBTQ youth to higher suicide risk.
Durbin called gender-verification proposals a “vendetta” that could force invasive physical inspections of female athletes.