Take Back Title IX Bus Tour Stops in Lancaster County

Some female athletes came to Lancaster County during the U.S. Women’s Open to draw attention to new Title IX regulations that they call devastating. Hempfield High School graduate Lillianna Williams was one of nearly a dozen women to speak out against rules allowing athletes who identify as women to compete. women’s sport. “In the spring of 2021, a boy joined our girls’ track and field team. We were not informed of this until the start of the season. We found out once we entered our locker room, and he was there,” said she declared. Athletes said the rules remove the right to equality that Title IX granted women when it was created in 1972. “Fighting to uphold Title IX is about restoring fairness, respect and privacy female athletes. The Hempfield School Board had the courage to take the lead in making women’s sports exclusive to women and ensuring that all golfers play on an equal playing field, said athlete Selina Soule. The Our Bodies, Our Sports coalition will be making stops across the country throughout the month of June. The Take Back Title IX bus tour will be in Washington, DC on June 23 for the 52nd anniversary of Title IX.

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA —

Some female athletes came to Lancaster County during the U.S. Women’s Open to draw attention to new Title IX regulations that they call devastating.

Hempfield High School graduate Lillianna Williams was one of nearly a dozen women to speak out against rules allowing female-identifying athletes to compete in women’s sports.

“In the spring of 2021, a boy joined our girls’ track and field team. We were not informed of this until the start of the season. We found out once we entered our locker room, and he was there,” said she declared.

Athletes said the rules removed the right to equality that Title IX granted women when it was created in 1972.

“Fighting to uphold Title IX is about restoring fairness, respect and privacy to female athletes. The Hempfield School Board had the courage to do the right thing and develop a policy that defends “Integrity of women’s sports Now the USGA and LPGA must do the same thing, we must take back our Title IX,” Williams said.

“The LPGA and USGA must take the lead in keeping women’s sports for women and ensuring that all of their golfers play on an equal playing field,” said athlete Selina Soule.

The Our Bodies, Our Sports coalition will be making stops across the country throughout the month of June. The Take Back Title IX bus tour will be in Washington, DC on June 23 for the 52nd anniversary of Title IX.