MATT CALKINS: After years of threats and intimidation, the bullies in the women's sports debate finally lost

They passed. First, Initiative 638 in Washington. Then, Prop 134 in Colorado.

Two measures that will enforce the separation of boys and girls in — two measures that show common sense can prevail over partisanship.

Many will view these results as a bellwether for where the rest of the country is heading. If policies like these can pass in proponents will argue they can pass anywhere.

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But me? I see something else entirely. I see the people finally sticking it to the bullies.

Let's go back to July, when Washington high school student Ahnaleigh Wilson attended a rally supporting Fever guard Sophie Cunningham at Climate Pledge Arena. Do you remember what happened inside the venue after the game started? Seattle Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton approached Wilson — who was holding a sign reading "Thank You Sophie For Speaking Up For Girls!" — and began cursing her out.

"You're f---ing insane," she allegedly said. "I hope Jesus can forgive you."

Wilson was brought to tears...but this was hardly a one-off.

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Fellow Washingtonian Frances Staudt chose not to play against a male in a high school basketball game over two years ago. Since then, she said she has endured daily harassment at Tumwater High, with people telling her they hope she chokes and dies and goes to hell. Former high school softball star Kendall Kotzmacher may have had it worse. At a Cunningham rally in Minnesota earlier this year, a pro-trans counterprotester told her that she should have been aborted.

And don't for a minute think this stops with the kids. XX-XY Athletics founder Jennifer Sey shared a video of her and her friends being called to the concourse to meet with security at a Golden State Valkyries game last month. During their march up the stairs, a woman flipped her the bird and told her to "f---ing kill yourself." But that was just a foreshock to what women's sports advocates endured at a Portland Thorns game two Fridays ago.

After a group of about 20 XX-XY supporters unfurled a banner that said "Save Women's Sports," Thorns supporters started yelling "f--- you" before sending one woman tumbling over two rows of seats. They also started poking women with flagpoles they'd brought into the stadium. I saw this up close while reporting for OutKick, but had my phone knocked out of my hand and beer poured on me while filming it.

So who got kicked out? Not the assaulters. Nope, it was the peaceful Save Women's Sports crowd — with Seattle-based podcaster Brandi Kruse having her hand restrained behind her back as she was walked up to the concourse.

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Even a Lyft driver got in on the hazing, as he booted four XX-XY shirt-wearers from his car once he found out who they were aligned with. The