. >> reporter: iconic feminist lawyer gloria allred is representing these women -- >> ainsley parrish>> ashley rodriguez. >> kelly turbo. >> bringing their story center stage. >> i believe they're being targeted and discriminated against because of their gender. >> the houston texans should not have given us a uniform if they did not want us toecome an army. >> reporter: these former cheerleaders -- >> this is ashlin. >> reporter: are suing the texans as well as the cheerleading coach, alto gary. >> page. >> ashlin. >> jackie. >> danielle. >> reporter: two of those women spoke exclusively with abc news. >> making the team was everything you thought it would be, glitter, glitz. i wanted this for years. i was consumed with it. it was my life. then bad things were happening. people being called ugly names. we were being called jelly belly, chunky cheeks. >> reporter: danielle and ashlin were rookies last season. ashlin turned 18 days before trying out. she says her body looked like a teenager's when she made the team. >> this is right after i became a houston texan cheerleader. >> report