The bill garnered national attention after a viral spat between Democratic state senator Catherine Miranda and former Utah State volleyball star Kaylie Ray in March.Ray, who was an opponent of San Jose State during the school's trans athlete scandal from 2022-24, advocated for the bill at a hearing in March, and Miranda responded by commenting about her body and questioning her competitiveness, in a now-infamous viral exchange.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMFormer NCAA volleyball player Kaylie Ray and Arizona state senator Catherine Miranda pose together in Arizona.
(Courtesy of ICONS/Arizona State Legislature)Now that the bill, HCR 2003, has passed the state Senate, Ray has a final word for Miranda."My message, again, to Senator Miranda would just to be that this is what the people want.This is what the American public wants, safe places for our daughters to achieve and excel," Ray told Fox News Digital.
"It's not about exclusion.It's about including those girls who are losing opportunities to boys."Ray sent an invitation to speak to Miranda privately, in a Fox News Digital interview in March.
But Ray said that the senator has not said anything to her."Her silence to me is that she's doubled-down, of course I would hope that by looking at fact, and biological truth, that she would come to the conclusion that again this isn't about excluding anyone from sport," Ray said."All of the Democrat legislators are holding onto that, that this is a ban, that this targets one specific group of people..."This is not intended to target any one group, but instead to strengthen the protections that we already have in sport.
Those individuals are absolutely allowed to compete in sport, they must do so in their category, sex at birth."Ray also said she hasn't heard much pushback from Miranda's supporters since their spat either."None of her supports reached out to me.Which begs the question, does she have any supporters? I'm not sure," Ray said.FORMER UTAH S...