The pro-woman advocacy group, Independent Women’s Forum (IWF), had its tour bus defaced by trans activists during a recent statewide trip to New Mexico celebrating the anniversary of Title IX. The vandalism included profanity-laced spray-painted messages.
“The vandalism of our tour bus is not only a criminal act, it is also a reprehensible display of intolerance by those who can’t handle the truth: women’s sports deserve protection,” said Beth Parlato, IWF’s senior legal advisor.
“Title IX was meant to ensure fairness for female athletes, not to erase them. As we celebrate the 53rd anniversary of Title IX and the progress women have made, it is alarming to see such hostility toward those who recognize biological reality matters in sports. If you have to resort to destruction to oppose our message, it only proves how necessary our message is. We won’t be silenced. We won’t be intimidated. We will not back down. We will continue to speak boldly for women and girls, for truth, and for the future of female athletics.”
OutKick has additional details:
The vandals spray-painted profanity-laced phrases all over the entire bus, covering up the pro-women messaging celebrating female athletes, written by female athletes. The disgusting phrases included things like, “f**k off, fascists” and “This is New Mexico, b**ch.”
This is the second time the Independent Women’s bus was vandalized during its tour. Last year, in North Carolina, vandals also defaced the bus. Chalk up another win for the tolerant and peaceful radical left-wing in America.
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Independent Women filed a police report in response to the incident. One photo shows a woman – who is wearing a mask outdoors – writing “protect trans kids” on the back of the bus.
Independent Women hired private security, SCP Strategies, for their week-long event. Beto Bejarano, the CEO of SCP Strategies, told OutKick that he had never experienced anything like the vandalism that occurred to the tour bus.
“During the recent ‘Celebrate Women’s Sports’ tour through New Mexico, we were honored to provide security and support for a mission focused on uplifting actual women athletes — biological women who have trained, sacrificed, and dedicated their lives to the integrity of fair competition in sports,” Bejarano told the culturally conservative sports outlet. He then noted a shift in tone after the group spent time in the state’s largest city.
“Day 3 in Albuquerque brought a deeply disturbing turn. Within an hour of checking into our hotel, we received notice that the bus had once again been vandalized — this time with spray-painted vulgarities, hateful language, and defaced community signatures. The windows and body of the bus suffered extensive graffiti damage, with repair estimates starting at $20,000. During this incident, I personally had to intervene when a group of aggressive individuals threatened both myself and the women on the bus.”
Regrettably, the incident mirrors an upward trend in politically motivated property damage. According to a 2023 UnHerd report, a Utah senator’s residence was similarly targeted by activists aligned with similar causes.