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Posted On: April 15th 2026, 12:27 pm
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🚨🏊‍♀️ Maine Swimmer & College Freshman Sophia Pride Stands Up for Her Sisters on the Pool Deck! 🔥👏
From Falmouth to the University of Maine — she poured her heart into swimming. Early mornings, weightlifting, coaching little kids, building her whole schedule around the sport that gave her discipline, confidence, and unbreakable teamwork.
But as a female athlete, she watched fairness disappear.
She spent nearly a year sharing a bathroom with a biological male.
Her friends endured the same awkward, uncomfortable locker room moments.
She saw a girls’ team robbed of a state championship by a biologically male competitor.
Now this proud older sister is telling the Judiciary Committee loud and clear: Female athletes deserve safe, fair, and respected spaces.
She’s urging support for LD 2239 — keeping school sports and private facilities separated by biological sex.
This is the next generation refusing to stay silent.
Protect girls’ sports. Protect real opportunity.
Watch her powerful testimony and share it across Maine! 🇺🇸
#ProtectGirlsSports #LD2239 #Maine2026 #FairnessForFemaleAthletes #BiologicalSex
Comments (8)
dutch270 6 months ago

dutch270

Most females are stuck with this. Most are one issue voters, abortion. They vote for whoever has a (D) beside their name no matter what. And those (D) have already shown that they want to crush their citizens. As long as this continues, and the women keep playing, I’m going to start to root for the men cosplaying as women to dominate. Go Robert or Robin or whatever you call yourself, go get that trophy and take those scholarships and break those records. Sometimes consequences are earned through elections.

tigerman2068 6 months ago

tigerman2068

I’m a male. I recall when I was in high school 40+ years ago(yeah I’m old😅) field hockey was a female sport, however, we would play it in gym class. So mixed teams boys and girls. When we, the boys, actually tried there was no way for the girls to compete. The Physical strength of the boys was pretty clear. Though we mostly goofed around, nothing serious unless one of the girls got snooty. Then it was lesson time. The long and short of it is that males do not belong in female sports or private spaces.

colemr25 6 months ago

colemr25

Strong work, Lady! Very articulate. Proud of you! 👊💪🦅

mary.grace.watts 6 months ago

mary.grace.watts

👏👏👏

colby279 6 months ago

colby279

Awesome job

brodalarry 6 months ago

brodalarry

Well said

kinsweevie 6 months ago
rangeleyflyguide 6 months ago

rangeleyflyguide

Great job!

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