Sia LiiLii

Last fall, we learned as a team, we had a... transgender male competing in the Mountain West and NCAA. This came through viral social media videos of this person hitting balls and doing things that was not common in women's volleyball. This was brought to our attention and then we had a couple meetings about it just like talking with each other about what could happen.

Last fall, we learned as a team, we had a... transgender male competing in the Mountain West and NCAA. This came through viral social media videos of this person hitting balls and doing things that was not common in women's volleyball. This was brought to our attention and then we had a couple meetings about it just like talking with each other about what could happen.

Then one day we were preparing for a match against our in-state rival UNLV and our university decided to make a decision for us saying that we are going to participate in this match. And it didn't go over really well for them. We decided that they weren't going to tell us what we were allowed to or what we were going to do. And we took that back and just said, no, we're not doing this.

Then one day we were preparing for a match against our in-state rival UNLV and our university decided to make a decision for us saying that we are going to participate in this match. And it didn't go over really well for them. We decided that they weren't going to tell us what we were allowed to or what we were going to do. And we took that back and just said, no, we're not doing this.

It's not right. It's not fair. men should not have a place in women's sports. And we received backlash, or personally, I received backlash from doing so. Not only from random people on the internet, but from people at my school. There were a couple groups of students who decided to

It's not right. It's not fair. men should not have a place in women's sports. And we received backlash, or personally, I received backlash from doing so. Not only from random people on the internet, but from people at my school. There were a couple groups of students who decided to

Slander my name, I guess I could say, as well as reach out to me on my social media pages, telling me a lot of hateful rhetoric. But ultimately, we didn't plan that game. Instead, we held a rally on the exact day that we were supposed to play against San Jose State, where I, along with eight of my other teammates, spoke about why...

Slander my name, I guess I could say, as well as reach out to me on my social media pages, telling me a lot of hateful rhetoric. But ultimately, we didn't plan that game. Instead, we held a rally on the exact day that we were supposed to play against San Jose State, where I, along with eight of my other teammates, spoke about why...

It's not okay to have men and boys participating in girls and women's sports and that this sanity is over. We're not doing that anymore. And we boycotted that game.

It's not okay to have men and boys participating in girls and women's sports and that this sanity is over. We're not doing that anymore. And we boycotted that game.

That I was doing this in the name of transphobia and bigotry and that I was following an agenda, which was interesting.

That I was doing this in the name of transphobia and bigotry and that I was following an agenda, which was interesting.

Um, honestly, I didn't respond because there's no conversation. How would you respond?

Um, honestly, I didn't respond because there's no conversation. How would you respond?

It sounds like projecting that it's, not any of those things. There's no hate behind any of the actions that I partook in or my teammates. It was the general basis that woman deserves single sex spaces where it's fair, it's safe, and that

It sounds like projecting that it's, not any of those things. There's no hate behind any of the actions that I partook in or my teammates. It was the general basis that woman deserves single sex spaces where it's fair, it's safe, and that

I want in the future, my kids, my little cousins, my nieces to have the opportunity that my teammates and I had of playing on a division one team and competing at a high level without having to worry about safety before stepping on the court or going into a game where there's a boy or a man playing on the other side that could potentially be detrimental to someone.

I want in the future, my kids, my little cousins, my nieces to have the opportunity that my teammates and I had of playing on a division one team and competing at a high level without having to worry about safety before stepping on the court or going into a game where there's a boy or a man playing on the other side that could potentially be detrimental to someone.

Honestly, none of us are doctors. None of us had degrees in any of those type of things. We just knew the general basis of a man is a man, a woman is a woman. And there are biological differences in sport that need to be recognized. Because... Personally, seeing the way that men's volleyball is played and the way that women's volleyball is played, it's very different.

Honestly, none of us are doctors. None of us had degrees in any of those type of things. We just knew the general basis of a man is a man, a woman is a woman. And there are biological differences in sport that need to be recognized. Because... Personally, seeing the way that men's volleyball is played and the way that women's volleyball is played, it's very different.