One of the protections that Title IX was supposed to guarantee was that girls and young women would not face retaliatory punishment for reporting discrimination based on sex. Nevertheless, most members of a high-school volleyball team in Vermont have been barred from their own locker room and are even being investigated for harassment after expressing discomfort with sharing their locker room with a male trans-identifying student.
Blake Allen, a member of Randolph High School’s girls’ volleyball team, told WCAX that she “should not have harassment charges or bullying charges” made against her merely for “stating my opinion — that I don’t want a biological man changing with me.” According to Allen, the dispute began when the trans-identifying male made an inappropriate comment as the girls were getting changed.
Once again, the message to young female athletes is clear — shut up, step to the side, and accept that some young man’s feelings are more important than your right to privacy and safety.