Burke: Colorado leaders cheer women’s soccer while leaving girls vulnerable
By Megan Burke | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice
Have you heard that Denver is welcoming a women’s professional soccer team and is hoping to build a new women’s soccer stadium? Wow, Colorado must be very supportive of women’s sports, right?
Unfortunately, our leaders will try to sell you on this notion while they have done nothing in this state to protect women’s sports.
In recent years, the inclusion of transgender athletes in women’s sports has become a highly debated issue across the United States, and Denver is no exception. While the city champions itself as progressive and inclusive, it does nothing to protect the integrity and fairness of women’s sports.
In the name of inclusion, we are excluding women and girls from their very own category. Colo...
