WHILE WE CAN KEEP IT. IT'S NICE. THANK YOU. MY. THIS IS KYLIE ALLEN. SHE'S A FORMER NC STATE SWIMMER WHO IS ONE OF 16 ATHLETES SUING THE NCAA FOR ALLOWING TRANSGENDER ATHLETES TO COMPETE AND SHARE THE SAME LOCKER ROOMS. >> AS WR WAS SNE PATTERSON REPORTS THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT SAYS THE NCAA ACTIONS CAUSED HIS CLIENT'S EMOTIONAL DISTRESS. >> MUCH OF THIS LAWSUIT FOCUSES ON THE 2022. NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP. A FORMER NC STATE STUDENT COMPETED IN THAT NEED AND SHE SAYS SHE WAS BOTH UNCOMFORTABLE AND STRESSED OUT BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T TOLD OF THE LOCKER ROOMS FOR UNISEX AND THEY WERE SHARING IT WITH A TRANSGENDER ATHLETE. THAT ATHLETE WAS LIA. THOMAS, THE FIRST OPENLY TRANSGENDER ATHLETE TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. >> THE LADIES FROM NC STATE. >> KYLIE ALIGNS WAS COMPETING FOR NC STATE AT THE TIME. THE LAWSUIT SAYS SHE OPTED TO CHANGE IN AN EQUIPMENT STORAGE CLOSET BECAUSE SHE FELT HER PRIVACY AND SENSE OF SAFETY WAS VIOLATED FOR OUR CLIENTS ARE HOPING, THOUGH, TO MAKE A CHANGE. >> FOR FOR WOMEN AND FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS. >> IN MORE THAN 150 PAGES, SHE'S ONE OF SEVERAL ATHLETES WHO CLAIM THE NCAA VIOLATED THEIR TITLE. 9 WRITES, IT SAYS THE NCAA REINTERPRETED TITLE 9 TO, QUOTE, DEFYING WOMEN AS A TESTOSTERONE LEVEL ALLOWED MEN TO COMPETE ON WOMEN'S TEAMS AND DESTROYED FEMALE SAFE SPACES IN WOMEN'S LOCKER ROOMS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE INCLUSION. >> WE SHOULDN'T BE MAKING WOMEN SACRIFICE FOR A CHANGED TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS. TITLE 9 IS TIED TO FEDERAL FUNDING AND PROTECTS PEOPLE FROM DISCRIMINATION BASED ON IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS. >> THE LAWSUIT RIDICULES THE NCAA TRANSGENDER ELIGIBILITY POLICIES SAYING THAT THEY REDUCE FEMALE COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITIES AND DEPRIVE WOMEN OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES TO PROTECT THEIR BODILY PRIVACY. MEANWHILE, THOMAS HAS CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE FOR TRANSGENDER ATHLETES. SHE TOOK LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE WORLD AQUATICS EARLIER THIS YEAR AFTER IT VOTED TO RESTRICT TRANSGENDER ATHLETES FROM COMPETING IN ITS ELITE WOMEN'S SWIMMING COMPETITIONS. ULTIMATELY, THESE WOMEN SAY THAT THEY HOPE THAT THE COURT RULES THAT THE NCAA VIOLATED TITLE 9. THEY SAY THAT THEY WANT THE NCAA TO STOP ENFORCING ITS TRANSGENDER ELIGIBILITY POLICIES. >> AND THEY WANT TO IN VALIDATE ANY AWARDS WON BY TRANSGENDER