With rally and 'listening sessions', WA initiative supporters deliver their message

Dori Whitford says she will travel anywhere to talk about the importance of keeping transgender athletes out of girls’ sports in Washington state.

On Tuesday, this brought her to Olympia, where the Mead High School track and cross country coach told a panel of Republican state lawmakers her “girls are suffering” and voters need to approve an initiative that will be on ballots in November to prevent transgender athletes from playing girls’ sports.

“I want to give voice to people, including other coaches, who feel they cannot speak,” she said afterward.

Whitford was among more than 100 people who took part in an afternoon rally and back-to-back “listening sessions” on a pair of ballot measures — one concerning trans athletes and the other parental rights.

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/02/04/with-rally-and-listening-sessions-wa-initiative-supporters-deliver-their-message/