Nevada volleyball player alleges school told her trans athlete is at a 'disadvantage' in women's sports

University of Nevada, Reno volleyball skipper Sia Liilii revealed much specifications astir her and her teammates' conflict pinch their schoolhouse complete whether to play a squad pinch a transgender player, connected Sunday.

While speaking astatine nan "Stand With Women" forum connected fairness successful women’s sports successful Philadelphia, Liilii alleged that officials astatine her schoolhouse told her and her teammates that nan trans jock they would look is astatine a disadvantage successful women's sports owed to nan medications that are taken to transition. 

"The countless meetings that my teammates and I were [dragged] into, telling america that we're not knowledgeable enough, that we didn’t cognize what nan subject is down it, that this personification was really astatine a disadvantage toward america women because they were nether each these drugs," Liilii said.

The force that Nevada would person had to look has been alleged to spike nan shot astatine astir 80 mph, causing fearfulness for nan beingness information of teammates, successful a suit revenge against nan NCAA by San Jose State subordinate Brooke Slusser. 

A 2021 technological reappraisal recovered trans women’s muscle wide remains high aft transitioning. 

A study published successful nan British Journal of Sports Medicine recovered that transgender women besides person stronger grip spot aft transitioning. 

ESPN antecedently explored nan taxable of transgender athletes playing successful women's sports successful a conception of "Sports Science." The section featured respective experts, including physiologist Tommy Lundberg, who concluded that antheral bodies will "undoubtedly" clasp beingness advantages complete women moreover if puberty blockers are used.

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Nevada Wolf Pack women's volleyball players pinch Nevada Senate campaigner Sam Brown and erstwhile Rep. Tulsi Gabbard. (Sam Brown Campaign)

Meanwhile, Liilii besides encouraged different women's athletes to speak retired against having to compete against trans competitors. 

"I’m present coming to show those women who are forced to play against these biologic males that you person a voice, truthful usage it and beryllium courageous, beryllium brave, and don’t fearfulness anything," Liilii said. 

Former Democrat Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard appeared astatine nan arena excessively and sent a connection to those who person sided successful favour of trans inclusion successful women's sports. 

"Why don’t you judge Sia?" Gabbard asked. "Why don’t you judge her teammates and those who are acrophobic of being smashed successful nan look by a antheral subordinate astatine afloat unit pinch a volleyball?"

Liilii antecedently alleged that she and her teammates were told that they "didn't understand nan science" and to "reconsider their position," during a property convention astatine nan assemblage to reside their team's caller forfeit to San Jose State. 

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GOP Senate campaigner Sam Brown, left, poses pinch Nevada's Sia Liilii, halfway right, and erstwhile Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard. (Sam Brown Campaign)

"We felt unsafe and dismissed," Liilii said, sobbing. "We met pinch our schoolhouse officials to springiness them our team's caller statement, but they wouldn't moreover perceive it. We were told that we weren't knowledgeable capable and that we didn't understand the science. We were told to reconsider our position." 

Fox News Digital has reached retired to Nevada regarding these allegations. 

In a erstwhile connection provided to Fox News Digital, Nevada confirmed that nan players had requested to forfeit nan lucifer but did not person authority to do truthful themselves. 

"A mostly of nan Wolf Pack women’s volleyball squad issued a connection to nan assemblage informing it that nan squad had decided it was forfeiting nan scheduled lucifer with San José State University. While players are not authorized to forfeit nan match, this determination is 1 that only nan assemblage and our section of athletics tin officially make," nan connection said. 

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GOP Senate campaigner Sam Brown speaks to Sia Liilii. (Sam Brown Campaign)

At nan property convention connected Saturday, Liilii besides called retired nan Mountain West Conference and nan NCAA, saying nan institutions "are failing us." 

There, Nevada sophomore Masyn Navarro alleged her teammates person been told to "stay quiet" astir nan contention during nan property conference. 

"It should not beryllium this difficult to guidelines up for women. However, we will now return this opportunity to guidelines up arsenic a team, arsenic immoderate of america person been told to enactment quiet," Navarro said. 

Nevada antecedently said it could not forfeit nan lucifer because it would beryllium a usurpation of authorities law. Article I, Section 24 of nan Nevada Constitution provides that "Equality of Rights nether nan rule shall not beryllium denied aliases abridged by this authorities aliases immoderate of its governmental subdivisions connected relationship of race, color, creed, sex, intersexual orientation, gender personality aliases expression, age, disability, ancestry aliases nationalist origin." The constitution was revised successful 2022 erstwhile Nevada voted to adopt nan Equal Rights Amendment, which added gender personality to nan database of protections. 

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On Friday, nan assemblage announced it would forfeit because it did not person capable players to compete. In a connection to Fox News Digital, nan programme insisted that forfeiting for that logic did not break authorities law. 

"The University of Nevada, Reno’s determination to not play its scheduled Mountain West Conference lucifer astatine San José State connected Saturday, Oct. 26 was based connected not having capable players to compete and not based connected gender personality aliases expression. This does not break nan Nevada Constitution," nan connection read. 

Nevada became nan 5th squad to forfeit a lucifer against San Jose State, joining Southern Utah, Boise State, Wyoming and Utah State. The cancellations travel pinch a San Jose State subordinate progressive successful a suit against nan NCAA alleging that she had shared a locker room and chamber pinch a transgender teammate, who is still connected nan team, without ever being told that personification was a biologic male.

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