Adelyn Vigil would simply like to be part of a team.
a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. It is republished here with permission.The 13-year-old imagines the arm movements, the sound of the ball hitting her hand. Not an aspiring star, Adelyn has enjoyed volleying the ball, informally, but doesn’t really know how to play the game. But her friends do, and she simply would like to be part of a team.
The trans sports restriction bill is still under debate, but Adelyn has opted not to participate in volleyball, no matter what the legislature decides. The anxiety and fear were too much to take on, her mother explained. “At the end of the day, we might be able to defeat this bill,” said Ricardo Martinez, the chief executive officer of Equality Texas. “But the wreckage will remain.”
The next year, when Adelyn was in third grade, she joined the school’s cheerleading team and competitive Spanish poetry team. But problems arose when she entered fourth grade after a new principal arrived, said Vigil. The school district told her Adelyn couldn’t use the girl’s restrooms, the girl’s locker room, or the water fountain located inside.
Adelyn’s school reversed course months later, after pressure from Vigil and the ACLU of Texas. But by that point, she was afraid to rejoin the poetry or cheerleading teams out of fear that her school would change its decision. She suddenly hated school.
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