Maine high school athlete sends message to governor amid trans-athlete policy controversy

Maine high school senior Cassidy Carlisle joined 'Fox & Friends' to discuss how the trans athlete policies impacted her childhood and why she considers the governor's stance on the issue 'heartbreaking.'

Maine high school athlete Cassidy Carlisle expounded on her message to Gov. Janet Mills as the state continued to thumb its nose as President Donald Trump and maintain its transgender-athlete policies in girls' and women’s sports.

Carlisle opened up to Fox News Digital last week about how the state’s transgender policies affected her childhood, revealing she was changing in front of a transgender student for gym class while in middle school.

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Maine high school athlete Cassidy Carlisle on "Fox & Friends." (Fox News Channel)

Carlisle, now a high school senior, has become a voice for change in her state. She met with U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi last month and shared her story about having to compete against transgender athletes in sports. She also spoke in front of the Maine State Capitol earlier this month as hundreds protested against the gender-inclusion policies.

She appeared on "Fox & Friends" on Monday and explained further what her message to Mills was.

"My message to the governor was just to think about all of us women in your state," she said. "If she can genuinely look at us and say I’m not gonna fight for you, then, you know, that’s really heartbreaking because we had to fight a long time for her to have the position that she has and a lot of women fought hard for her. So, for her to look at all of us and say I’m not gonna fight for you is heartbreaking."

Carlisle added that she knew something was wrong when she was first exposed to the state’s transgender