The Supreme Court has a chance to help female athletes like me |
When I was 13 years old, I walked into the girls locker room at my Maine school to change for gym class like I did every day, except this day was different. A male student stood there. Like most seventh graders, I did not know how to react. I was shocked.
But two things were clear to me: I knew it was wrong, and I knew it made me feel uncomfortable. So I immediately reported it to school officials, and they gave me an alternative: I could change in the single-stall restroom and risk being late for class. The male student could continue using the girls locker room. As a middle school girl, I no longer felt safe or private in my locker room. I felt silenced, like I had no voice.
That’s an experience no girl should ever encounter. And hopefully, we won’t have to in the future. For the first time, two states and female athletes will make their case directly before the Supreme Court on Jan. 13.
Unlike my home state of Maine, 27 other states have enacted Save Women’s Sports laws to protect female athletes. Two of........