More than 500 college athletes sent a letter to the National Collegiate Athletic Association on Wednesday demanding immediate action against states with bans on transgender athletes.
The letter, which was spearheaded by two runners from Washington University in St. Louis, Aliya Schenck and Alana Bojar, was addressed to the organization’s president, Mark Emmerts, and the NCAA Board of Governors.
A total of 545 athletes from at least 85 schools from every region of the country are urging the institution to speak out for transgender athletes, stand by its nondiscrimination policy “and publicly refuse to host championships in states with bans against trans athletes.