德克萨斯州民主党参议院候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科的竞选团队称，只要涉及安全或公平问题，他就反对跨性别运动员参加女子体育赛事。不过该团队也指出，试图解决这一问题的政治举措实际上是在“欺负学生”。竞选团队发言人JT·埃尼斯周二对OutKick表示：“作为一名曾经的公立学校教师，詹姆斯十分关心学生运动员的权益——正因如此，他在职业生涯中始终反对那些可能危及安全或公平的跨性别运动员参与女子体育赛事。”
Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico's campaign claims he opposes transgender athletes competing in girls' sports when safety or fairness is at risk, but also suggested political efforts to address the issue "bully students." "As a former public school teacher, James cares about our student athletes — that’s why throughout his career he has opposed trans athletes playing girls’ sports when it jeopardizes safety or fairness," campaign spokesperson JT Ennis told OutKick on Tuesday.
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“与此同时，他始终反对任何形式的歧视，尤其是当国内那些手握大权的政治人物为了谋取政治利益而欺负学生时。他的信仰告诉他：每个孩子都是按照上帝的形象创造的。”当被问及是否会支持旨在保护女性及女童体育权益、防止男性运动员参与的相关联邦法律时，包括去年3月因所有民主党参议员投下反对票而未能在参议院获得通过的《保护女性及女童体育权益法案》，他的竞选团队并未给出明确答复。
"At the same time, he’ll always stand against discrimination, especially when the most powerful politicians in the country bully students to score political points, because his faith teaches him that every child is made in the image of God." His campaign did not say whether he would support a federal law broadly protecting women's and girls' sports from male competitors when asked, including the Protection of Women's and Girls' in Sports Act, which failed to advance in the Senate last March when every Democrat senator voted against it.
从塔拉里科作为州议员的履历来看，他曾多次投票反对在全州范围内限制跨性别者参与体育赛事的举措，还多次提议通过例外条款允许男性运动员参加女子体育比赛。
Meanwhile, his record as a state lawmaker shows he's voted against statewide restrictions on transgender participation, while frequently pushing for amendments that would have allowed male athletes in girls' sports through exceptions.
今年9月，塔拉里科在接受福克斯新闻采访时表达了他对男性参与女子体育赛事的有限度反对态度。他说道：“只要可能危及安全或公平，我就反对跨性别运动员参加女子体育赛事。”
Talarico expressed his conditional opposition to males in girls' sports in a September Fox News interview. "I oppose trans athletes playing in girls’ sports if it endangers safety or fairness," he said.
随着中期选举临近，原本反对类似法案的民主党议员们如今在女性体育权益问题上立场出现转变。不过早在2021年，塔拉里科就曾反对众议院第25号法案——该法案要求公立学校的学生运动员须按照出生证明上登记的性别参加比赛，仅设有少量例外情况。同年早些时候，他还投票反对了目的相似的参议院第29号法案。
VULNERABLE DEMOCRATS FLIP ON WOMEN'S SPORTS VOTE AFTER OPPOSING SIMILAR BILLS AS MIDTERMS LOOM But in 2021, Talarico opposed House Bill 25, which required public-school athletes in interscholastic competition to compete according to the sex recorded on their birth certificates at or near birth, with limited exceptions. Earlier that year, he voted against a bill with a similar purpose, SB 29.
塔拉里科曾提出一项修正案，试图废除《HB 25法案》中关于除文书更正外须在婴儿出生时即登记性别信息的规定，但该修正案未获通过。在《HB 25法案》实施前，德克萨斯州中学体育联盟是认可那些经法律程序修改、能反映性别认同的出生证明的。
Talarico authored an unsuccessful amendment removing the HB 25's requirement that birth-certificate sex entries be made at or near birth, except for clerical corrections. Before HB 25, the University Interscholastic League accepted legally modified birth certificates reflecting gender identity.
他还支持其他几项修正案，这些修正案原本允许教练、校长或校董会批准那些原本被禁止参赛的跨性别学生参与体育比赛。不过这些条款并未明确规定相关管理人员需依据何种安全标准或公平性准则来作出判断。
Other amendments he supported would have allowed a coach, principal or school board to approve otherwise prohibited transgender participation. Those provisions did not specify the safety or fairness tests officials would have to apply.
他反对保护女性运动员免受男性竞争者影响的相关法律，这一立场同样适用于大学体育领域。
His opposition to laws protecting female athletes from male competitors extended to college sports.
2023年，他投票反对《参议院第15号法案》，该法案旨在禁止生理性别为男性的个体参加德克萨斯州女子大学运动队的比赛。他还支持一项未获通过的修正案，该修正案允许跨性别运动员按照美国大学体育协会（NCAA）或美国独立学院体育协会（NAIA）的相关规定参赛——而这两个组织此前的规则均允许男性参与女子体育赛事。
In 2023, he voted against Senate Bill 15, which would have banned biological males from competing on women's college sports teams in Texas. He also supported an unsuccessful amendment allowing transgender athletes to compete under NCAA or NAIA eligibility requirements, with those organizations’ previous rules allowing males to compete in women's sports. Those organizations have since changed their rules.
此后，这两个组织均修改了相关规则：NCAA现已禁止男性运动员参加女子赛事，NAIA则规定其女子体育项目仅限生理性别为女性的运动员参与。
The NCAA now bars male athletes from women’s competition, while the NAIA reserves its female sports category for athletes whose biological sex is female.
今年9月在德克萨斯论坛报举办的节庆活动上，塔拉里科坚决否认自己在这一问题上的核心立场有所转变。“不，我的立场始终如一，”他强调道，并重申自己的观点：体育参赛资格的决定权应下放到各地方层面，需根据每位运动员的具体情况以及不同运动项目的特点来判定，而非通过全州范围的禁令来一刀切。
Speaking at the Texas Tribune Festival in September, Talarico rejected any suggestion that his core stance on the issue had shifted. "No, my position is exactly the same," he stated, reiterating his view that sports eligibility decisions should be made locally on an athlete-by-athlete and sport-by-sport basis, rather than through blanket state bans.
当被要求解释自己2021年发表的颇具争议的言论——即“有些事情比体育比赛的绝对公平更为重要”时，塔拉里科称自己的原话被断章取义了。他解释称，自己当时谈论的特指小学阶段的休闲体育活动以及棒球运动。
When pressed to explain a controversial 2021 comment where he asserted that "some things are more important than perfectly fair competition in sports," Talarico claimed his original remark had been taken out of context. He explained that he was specifically talking about elementary school recreation and T-ball.
1月份，他在《埃兹拉·克莱因秀》中表示，地方官员应当审慎考量参赛资格问题，同时也承认在某些情况下禁止跨性别者参赛是必要的。
In January, he told "The Ezra Klein Show" that local officials should weigh eligibility and acknowledged that participation would sometimes be prohibited.
OutKick向塔拉里科竞选团队询问：他是否会投票支持联邦层面的《保护女性及女童参与体育运动法案》？该法案旨在禁止男性参与由联邦资金资助的机构中专为女性设立的体育赛事，并规定性别应以出生时的生殖生物学特征及遗传信息为依据来判定。
CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE OutKick asked Talarico’s campaign whether he would vote for the federal Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which would prohibit male participation in female-designated athletics at federally funded institutions and define sex through reproductive biology and genetics at birth.
然而，竞选团队并未回答这一问题，也未提出任何替代性联邦法案，更未说明塔拉里科如今对HB 25法案的投票立场是否会发生改变。
The campaign’s response did not answer that question, identify a federal alternative or say whether Talarico would vote differently on HB 25 today.
随后，OutKick进一步询问塔拉里科将如何衡量赛事的安全性与公平性，包括男性青春期带来的生理变化、体能优势、受伤风险以及由此导致的参赛名额或奖学金流失等问题。询问内容还涉及他的评判标准是否会因年龄或运动项目而异，以及他在地方决策层面会要求实施哪些具有强制约束力的保障措施。
In a follow-up inquiry, OutKick asked how Talarico would measure safety and fairness, including the effects of male puberty, physical advantages, injury risks and lost roster spots or scholarships. The inquiry also asked whether his criteria would vary by age or sport and what binding safeguards he would require under local decision-making.
此外，OutKick还希望塔拉里科解释为何要删除HB 25法案中关于出生证明出具时间的相关规定，并询问他是否仍支持以经法律程序修正后的出生证明作为参赛资格依据。同时，OutKick也询问他是否仍认同自己此前在大学体育领域所倡导的NCAA/NAIA模式。
OutKick also sought an explanation for his amendment removing HB 25’s birth-certificate timing requirement and asked whether he still supports eligibility based on legally amended certificates. It also asked whether he still favors the NCAA/NAIA approach he backed for college sports.
除最初发布的声明外，塔拉里科竞选团队至今尚未对这些问题作出回应。
His campaign has not responded to those questions, aside from providing the original statement.
10月4日，达拉斯牛仔队传奇球星兰迪·怀特在接受OutKick独家采访时，在力挺帕克斯顿的同时对塔拉里科立场的前后一致性提出了质疑，这也使得塔拉里科在此问题上的立场再度成为舆论焦点。
Talarico’s position on the issue returned to the spotlight after Dallas Cowboys legend Randy White challenged his consistency while endorsing Paxton in an exclusive OutKick interview published Oct. 4.
当被问及塔拉里科过往在跨性别议题上的投票记录及近期言论时，怀特对其动机提出了质疑。
When asked about Talarico’s past votes and recent statements on trans issues, White questioned his motives.
“我认为这恰恰说明我们无法信任他，”怀特说道，“他只会随大流行事，做那些他认为对自己最有利、最符合自身目标的事情。”
"I think that’s a sign that we can’t trust him," White said. "He’s going to go with the way the wind flows, whatever he feels like is the best thing for him and what his goals are."