NEWNow you can listen to Pak Gazette articles!
Kaillie Humphries is a tax-paying Californian who disapproves of the California State University (CSU) system’s latest lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education.
As a veteran Olympian, now with a young son, she is morally opposed to it.
“I love California. I don’t agree with their politics. I don’t agree with the lawsuit at all,” Humphries told Pak Gazette Digital.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON PakGazette.Com
American Kaillie Humphries holds an American flag after competing to win bronze in the women’s bobsleigh monobob heat 4 at the Cortina Sliding Center during the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Cortina d’Ampezzo on February 16, 2026. (Marco BERTORELLO/AFP)
CSU and San Jose State University (SJSU) are taking on President Donald Trump’s administration in a high-stakes legal challenge. The U.S. Department of Education investigated the school’s transgender volleyball player scandal and determined that SJSU violated Title IX due to its handling of the situation.
Some of the players allegedly did not know that trans athlete Blaire Fleming was a biological male, according to court documents.
“To me, hearing or understanding that there was once an athlete who was unaware of her situation, it just speaks to why it’s so important for Trump to step up and keep women’s sports protected. Because it’s not just about physical safety, but also the mental and sexual side of it all,” Humphries said. “I don’t see a world where there should be men in a women’s sport.”
At the center of the conflict is 23-year-old Brooke Slusser. The former SJSU volleyball co-captain shared the court, locker room, hotel rooms and an apartment with Fleming before learning the athlete’s biological sex.
Slusser fought back and spoke out, waging legal battles against the NCAA, Mountain West and CSU over his experience.
“I support her,” Humphries said of Slusser. “I would say she did the right thing and has a community of people who believe in what she fights for.”
X and TikTok liberals launched a hate campaign against Slusser after a recent interview with Pak Gazette Digital, where he revealed that he shared secrets and sometimes beds with Fleming when they lived together in the same apartment.
TRUMP ADMIN RESPONDS AFTER SJSU SUES TO CHALLENGE TITLE IX INVESTIGATION INTO TRANSGENDER VOLLEYBALL SCANDAL
Humphries called the attacks on Slusser “egregious.”
“I think it’s appalling to see someone being attacked for feeling unsafe in their environment and talking about it,” Humphries said. “I can only imagine what that feeling of not knowing would be like when you find yourself in an unknown situation, and knowing that it affects your safety and that it will now affect your mental state. It’s a difficult situation to be in.
“I really hope, regardless of people’s thoughts, feelings and beliefs, that sport is a safe place. And to attack someone online for simply saying that they weren’t aware and that they feel unsafe in that environment, it’s a shame… She can call me anytime if she needs help.”
The person Slusser believes is responsible for ending up in the situation with Fleming is SJSU volleyball head coach Todd Kress, who recruited her while allegedly hiding knowledge of the trans athlete’s birth sex from her. Slusser also alleged that Kress encouraged her to move into the apartment with Fleming, when there was also another group of teammates looking for a tenant.
“Todd Kress knowing this person was a man and saying I’m going to ‘fit in better’ with these girls on my volleyball team couldn’t have been further from the truth,” Slusser previously told Pak Gazette Digital.
Humphries has her own experience with an allegedly abusive coach and a program that did not support her when she competed for Team Canada.
“I went through a lot of trouble with Bobsled Canada and the head coach they had hired. And the head coach physically and mentally abused me. I physically feared for my safety,” Humphries previously told Pak Gazette Digital.
“When I brought it up to our management at Bobsled Canada, they decided to back him as their choice for the coach they hired that Olympic year, and not back me… They cut off my funding, they cut off my support, they kicked me off the team, and there was no way to get back. And since I was living in the U.S. and I was engaged to an American at the time, I called USA Bobsled.”
OLYMPIC LEGEND KAILLIE HUMPHRIES REVEALS SUPPORT FOR TRUMP, ICE, SAVING WOMEN’S SPORTS AND THE MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM
Humphries had to start from the beginning and earn his spot on the US team while undergoing a rigorous legal immigration process. But she did it, winning gold at the 2022 Winter Olympics, winning bronze at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, on her way to becoming the most accomplished women’s bobsledder in history.
He made even more history Thursday when he presented Trump with his Order of Ikkos medal, which is awarded to those who have a major impact on an Olympic medalist’s journey. It made Trump the first American president to receive such a medal.
Humphries thanked Trump for his executive actions to protect women’s sports and make IVF more accessible to hopeful mothers. Despite his historic Olympic success, Humphries considers his son his greatest achievement. But as she navigates raising her son in California, she says she’ll have to keep her guard up.
“I’ve thought about homeschooling,” Humphries admitted.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE Pak Gazette APP
American bronze medalist Kaillie Armbruster Humphries kisses her son on the podium of the women’s bobsleigh monobob at Cortina Sliding Center during the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Cortina d’Ampezzo on February 16, 2026. (Marco BERTORELLO/AFP)
“As a mother, raising a son, he will grow up believing that women’s sports are for women… I will make sure that he is a true advocate not only for sports themselves, but also for women’s sports…
“Who knows what the state of California or the United States will be in when that time comes, even five years from now when school starts.”
