A college volleyball player revealed on Fox News on Friday that San Jose State University (SJSU) misled her into sharing an apartment with a man who identifies as transgender.
Brooke Slusser, co-captain of the SJSU volleyball team, said the school facilitated living with a transgender teammate by not revealing her roommate’s biological sex to her during games. exterior About “The Ingraham Angle.” Slusser transferred to the university during her junior year and was encouraged to move into a residential environment with what appeared to be all-female teammates.
“I transferred here my junior year and I thought I was offered to live in an apartment with a group of girls,” Ms. Slusser told Laura Ingraham. “So I moved, but I later found out that one of the men was a man I didn’t know anything about, and if I had known in advance that I would be living with a man, I would not have made that decision. I guess.”
In the same interview, Mae Mehlman, an attorney with the International Women’s Forum, expressed concern about the Biden administration’s recent policies impacting female athletes.
“But where is Kamala Harris? The Biden-Harris administration will use the full power of the federal government to defund anyone who misgenders, quotes, unquotes, or misgenders someone.” We issued Title IX regulations that would take it up,” Mehlman said. “And here women are being hurt. Some women have received death threats. Some women have to shower with men. Does Kamala Harris have anything to say about that? ? No, it’s not. So this is a federal issue.”
The Biden administration expanded Title IX protections in April, detailing new federal protections for LGBT students and sexual assault survivors, and expanding coverage of sexual harassment in educational settings. The rule has been blocked by courts in a number of states, including Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana and Idaho.
NCAA President Charlie Baker has been similarly silenced, Mailman said, and the controversy extends beyond the federal government to other key players in sports administration. (Related: Manhattan School District proposes resolution that could ban transgender athletes from women’s sports)
“This is also an issue with Charlie Baker. He is the president of the NCAA. He has received over 7,000 individual letters facilitated by the Independent Women’s Forum and there has been no silence or anything,” Mailman said. continued.
The revelation comes as Utah State becomes the fourth university to cancel its Oct. 23 women’s volleyball game against SJSU amid controversy surrounding a player’s gender identity, NBC news reported. The decision follows similar actions by the University of Wyoming, Boise State University and Southern Utah University, which canceled games against the University of California in the past three weeks.
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