A 16-year-old Michigan volleyball player suing her school district says she was frightened to learn days after a match that a transgender athlete had allegedly shared the girls' locker room, telling Fox News Digital she had no idea at the time and now worries about the privacy of female athletes.Briley Lechner, a varsity volleyball player at Monroe High School in West Monroe, Mich., said she and her teammates routinely changed clothes, took pictures and recorded videos in the locker room without knowing that a transgender athlete from the opposing team was allegedly present."What's very scary is that the day that this happened, I had no clue that there was a boy on the other team," Lechner told Fox News Digital in an interview Thursday.WOMEN WHO FACED BIOLOGICAL MALES IN GIRLS' SPORTS AND LOCKER ROOMS SPEAK OUT AHEAD OF WASHINGTON STATE VOTEMichigan high school volleyball player Briley Lechner and a pro-trans activist.(Courtesy of Sean Lechner, Getty Images)Lechner said the experience left her feeling uncomfortable and disrespected, arguing that female athletes should be able to expect privacy in spaces designated for girls.Lechner and her father, Sean, filed a federal lawsuit on Oct.
9, announced by the Thomas More Law Center, raising Title IX and constitutional claims against Monroe Public Schools, the Michigan High School Athletic Association and school officials over the alleged incident.WASHINGTON FEMALE WRESTLER APPEALS TITLE IX CASE OVER ALLEGED ASSAULT BY TRANS OPPONENT TO NINTH CIRCUITDynamic action of a volleyball match showing two teams competing near the net.(Getty Images)"I personally think that this is a very point-blank situation," Lechner said.
"I think it's very straightforward.There should not be males competing in female sports, and so I realized that if my father and I just said, ‘OK, like whatever, you guys declined it, it is what it is, then nothing's going to change.'"The lawsuit alleges that school officials knowingly concealed from the ...