Slusser appeared on Fox News’ "The Faulkner Focus" after the high court ruled 6-3 in favor of West Virginia and Idaho in two landmark transgender athlete cases.The ruling upheld state laws requiring student-athletes to compete on sports teams that correspond with their biological sex at birth rather than their gender identity.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEBrooke Slusser speaks outside the U.S.
Supreme Court with Kaylie Ray standing beside her.(Courtesy of Alliance Defending Freedom)For Slusser, who became one of the most prominent voices in the fight to protect women’s sports after speaking out about a transgender player on her volleyball team in 2024, the decision was deeply personal."I mean, it’s amazing," Slusser told Harris Faulkner.
"It’s the biggest win we’ve had yet, so I couldn’t be happier.We couldn’t ask for more right now."Slusser filed a lawsuit last year over her experience at SJSU, where she said she was not told that teammate Blaire Fleming was transgender despite sharing team spaces, including hotel rooms, locker rooms and living quarters."I found out from other student-athletes at the university, so it wasn’t even the institution itself that informed us, which makes it even worse," Slusser said.
"My whole team had to find out on their own through other student-athletes."Slusser said the issue was not limited to competition.She argued that female athletes were deprived of the ability to make informed decisions about their own privacy and comfort in intimate spaces."It’s taking away the student-athlete’s choice to choose which safe spaces they’re in," she said.
"You’re going into locker rooms, or for my situation, my living space, and being told these are all women, thinking I’m comfortable doing whatever I need to be doing, changing and getting dressed where I want to.And then I found out the whole time that I’ve been sharing hotel rooms, locker rooms, my living space with a man."Brooke Slusser of the San...