Maine high school athlete sends message to governor amid trans-athlete policy controversy

Maine precocious schoolhouse jock Cassidy Carlisle expounded connected her connection to Gov. Janet Mills arsenic the authorities continued to thumb its chemoreceptor arsenic President Donald Trump and support its transgender-athlete policies successful girls' and women’s sports.

Carlisle opened up to Fox News Digital past week astir however the state’s transgender policies affected her childhood, revealing she was changing successful beforehand of a transgender pupil for gym people portion successful mediate school.

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Maine precocious schoolhouse jock Cassidy Carlisle connected "Fox & Friends." (Fox News Channel)

Carlisle, present a precocious schoolhouse senior, has go a dependable for alteration successful her state. She met with U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi past period and shared her communicative astir having to vie against transgender athletes successful sports. She besides spoke successful beforehand of the Maine State Capitol earlier this period arsenic hundreds protested against the gender-inclusion policies.

She appeared connected "Fox & Friends" connected Monday and explained further what her connection to Mills was.

"My connection to the politician was conscionable to deliberation astir each of america women successful your state," she said. "If she tin genuinely look astatine america and accidental I’m not gonna combat for you, then, you know, that’s truly heartbreaking due to the fact that we had to combat a agelong clip for her to person the presumption that she has and a batch of women fought hard for her. So, for her to look astatine each of america and accidental I’m not gonna combat for you is heartbreaking."

Carlisle added that she knew thing was incorrect erstwhile she was archetypal exposed to the state’s transgender policies. However, she said she did not cognize astatine the clip however to talk up.

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Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills speaks to reporters astatine Lewiston City Hall successful Lewiston, Maine, connected Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

"I deliberation it’s 1 of those things, erstwhile it happens, you don’t cognize what to do, but you decidedly cognize thing is wrong," she said. I was 13 years aged that I cognize thing was wrong, but I didn’t cognize what to do. 

"I didn’t person the level to speak, and I deliberation that makes it truly hard due to the fact that you consciousness similar you don’t person a voice, but that’s not true. And I anticipation that by speaking up that a batch of younger radical cognize that it’s OK to talk up."

Carlisle wrote successful an op-ed connected Fox News Digital describing however she was disquieted for the aboriginal of women’s sports if the policies continued.

"I genuinely fearfulness for the aboriginal of women’s sports if states similar my ain proceed successful this direction. Girls of all ages are watching women beryllium erased from sports – they tin nary longer person assurance that their effort and dedication volition beryllium honored with a just shot against their carnal equals," she wrote.

"We person to triumph this conflict for them. This is simply a contention we cannot lose."

Maine precocious schooler Cassidy Carlisle skiing. (Courtesy of Cassidy Carlisle)

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The Trump medication has fixed Maine until Thursday to comply with its enforcement bid to support biologic males from women’s sports oregon hazard losing national backing to its nationalist schools.

Fox News' Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.

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