FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The mother of a Division 1 women’s volleyball player sent an open letter to university presidents Sunday asking them to support female players who are boycotting a volleyball team with a male player who identifies as transgender.
“Safe and fair play in the Mountain West Conference women’s volleyball teams has failed,” the mother’s letter to university presidents says. “The governing body has a duty to protect our young adult women’s safety on the court [and] in the locker room and provide a level[,] fair playing field.”
April Chainey, whose daughter plays D1 NCAA volleyball, is spearheading the effort to protect women’s sports in the Mountain West Conference in light of the fact that player Blaire Fleming—a male who identifies as female and was born Brayden, according to Reduxx—led San Jose State University to an…