Amazing Women in Sports by Jennifer Poux

Author:Jennifer Poux [Poux, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2020-05-05T00:00:00+00:00

The Advocate

Megan realized she was gay in college. “I think as soon as I figured it out I was like, this is awesome. My life has totally started. And I’m, like, ready to roll.” Love the positivity!

She says if not for being gay, she’d just be another member of the white 1 percent, aka a wealthy, privileged white person. But being gay has helped her see issues of discrimination through another lens.

“I’m asking people to be allies for us [women’s soccer] or be allies for me as a gay woman, and then in turn it’s my responsibility to be an ally for other people as well, even if I don’t have intimate experiences with the things that they are talking about,” she told Parade magazine.

She took a knee during the national anthem at an international soccer match to support Colin Kaepernick, the former NFL player protesting the oppression of black people and other minorities, and has spoken about him publicly. And she took on the president of the United States, which turned into a short Twitter battle. She can be a lightning rod, and she owns it. And if the best revenge is living well, score one for Megan: The US Women’s National Team won the World Cup shortly afterward.

Megan is also the cochair of When We All Vote, working with Michelle Obama to encourage people to register to vote. Check out their cool “voting squad” ads.

Her biggest cause at the moment is gender equality. Megan and twenty-eight members of the US Women’s National Team filed suit in 2019 against the US Soccer Federation for gender discrimination and unequal pay. You’d think after the team won the 2019 World Cup it wouldn’t be an issue. (The US men didn’t even make it to the World Cup and they’re paid more.) Even the crowd at the stadium in France chanted “Equal pay” after the American women won.

Here’s the SCOOP! The prize money for the 2019 Women’s World Cup was $30 million and the champions got about $4 million. The prize money for the Men’s World Cup was $400 million and the champions took home about $38 million.

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