Washington students want protection for girls and locker rooms

A Washington State High School student is making waves on social media after giving a speech calling for her state’s schools to protect girls’ sports.

“Girls should never feel uncomfortable in their locker room,” Sadie Sullivan, a swimmer at Wenchee High School, said last week at Garden City Academy.

The talk was there Super Signer Rally event It was held by Ake Leashington to support two voting initiatives, one of which would strengthen communication between parents and schools, including the right for parents to review “male participants” in reality ” In sports for girls.

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Earlier this year, Washington State passed the law Those rights have been severely curtailed, including a requirement that parents receive notification when their children receive non-emergency medical services at school.

“Girls shouldn’t share their feelings, it doesn’t matter,” Sullivan said. “Girls should not be pressured by adults to cut down on boys. And girls should never have to sacrifice their safety for someone else’s comfort.”

Another student, Ahnaleigh Wilson, who runs track and field at Eastmont High School, called both Democratic Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson and Washington State Superintendent Chris Reykdal.

“You stood up for transgender athletes, but you didn’t overshadow us. We are important too,” Wilson said. “We have voices. We have stories. And we have to be protected in our locker rooms, in our games, and in the opportunities we’ve worked so hard for.”

To Reykdal, Wilson said, “We don’t grow up with ‘boys in our locker rooms or with boys at our games. When you say ‘all students, everything’ includes birthday girls too.”

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Darren Litell, Campaign Manager at Let Go Washington, told FOX News Digital in a statement that Sullivan and Wilson “said the girls are out. We’re happy to do our part to protect the girls, and we couldn’t be more vocal about them.”

Littell added that he had to go to Washington a little over a month to finish collecting signatures for the IL26-001 ballot rights to return the rights to Washington. your house. “

Katy Payne, Chief Communications Officer for the Office of the Superintendent of Washington State, told Fox News Digital in a statement that “Washington State Law prohibits identity discrimination and sexist speech in public schools.”

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“All students have the right to be treated in accordance with their gender identity, including access to gender-segregated spaces, such as restrooms and locker rooms,” Payne said. “Any impulse – transgender or not – the needs or desires are so great that, regardless of the underlying reason, they must be given a place to use, to support the law and will continue to do so regardless or until the law.”

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FOX News Digital has reached out to Ferguson for comment.