On Tuesday, throughout a Lucia Mar Unified College District (LMUSD) college board assembly in California, high-school junior ladies’ observe athlete Celeste Diest spoke about transgender athletes sharing locker rooms with high-school ladies.
Diest tearfully shared the uncooked and emotional influence of being compelled to undress in entrance of a organic male athlete.
College Board president Colleen Martin responded to the lady’s emotional expertise and issues by dismissively telling her to “wrap it up.”
Diest took the rostrum to recount her expertise of getting to alter in entrance of a biologically male trans athlete earlier than observe, whereas that athlete allegedly watched her undress.
Diest informed the Board, “Howdy. My title is Celeste Diest. I’m 17-years-old, a junior, a observe and discipline athlete at AGHS. Most significantly, I’m a girl advocating for the renewal of feminine rights which just lately has been neglected and disregarded. I implore all of you to place an finish to this present injustice.”
“Lately, I went into the ladies’s locker room to alter for observe observe, the place I noticed, on the finish of my row, a organic male watching not solely myself, however the different younger ladies undress. This expertise was past traumatizing.”
Recounting the expertise, Diest started to choke up.
“I need to add that he’s not altering in our locker room as a result of he’s in his observe garments, dressed and able to go to observe originally of the day. Subsequently, there’s completely no purpose for him to be in any locker room, not to mention the ladies’s.”
“Adults like your self make me and my friends really feel like our personal consolation was invalid, despite the fact that our privateness was and nonetheless is totally violated.”
Diest continued to battle tears, including, “The person who identifies as feminine has XY chromosomes. Biologically, this makes him a male as a result of females have XX chromosomes.”
“That is primary biology.”
Martin interrupted Diest, saying, “Okay, please wrap it up.”
Diest bravely continued, “I simply need to ask ‘what about us?’”
“We cannot sit round and permit our rights to be given as much as cater to a person that may be a man, who watches ladies undress and is stripping away feminine alternative that after was fought for us.”
“Sadly, now we have to try to regain our rights once more. I hope you place effort into the restoration of our faculty security.”
Diest left the rostrum to thunderous applause from the viewers, which set Martin off.
Martin yelled “No!” and angrily banged her gavel as she tried to silence the gang, however the cheers solely elevated.
Martin lastly gave up and waited for the cheers to subside earlier than the following speaker started.
Watch (remarks start on the 2:08 mark)
