USA Today recently did something unprecedented in my or anyone else’s experience of professional journalism. After publishing an op-ed written by my client, Chelsea Mitchell, the publication retroactively changed key words and phrases. They did so unilaterally, without warning, and without apology.
Chelsea is an elite high school track runner. She was ranked one of the fastest girls in Connecticut. But when biological males began competing in the female category, Chelsea fell to 2nd and 3rd place repeatedly, missing out on championships and the wealth of future opportunities that goes with them. I and my employer, Alliance Defending Freedom, have been representing her and other girls in Connecticut for over a year to protect their right — and the right of all females athletes — to a fair playing field.
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