Female athletes sue California school district after officials compared Save Girls Sports shirt to a swastika
Two female student athletes who were ousted from their varsity squad alleged their California school district gave preferential treatment to a transgender teammate – and then barred their right to protest the matter, comparing their “Save Girls’ Sports” shirts to a swastika, according to a new lawsuit.The cross country runners and their families accused the Riverside Unified School District of Title IX violations after the school unfairly pushed one of them off the elite cross-country team in favor of a trans student, who failed to attend practices, according to the lawsuit filed Nov.20 in Riverside County. “My initial reaction was like, I was really surprised, because it was like, why is this happening to me?” Taylor, a junior at Martin Luther King High School, told Fox News. “There’s a transgender student on the team.
Why am I getting displaced when I worked so hard and gone to all the practices, and this student has only attended a few of the practices.”The complaint alleges the trans student failed to train or show up to all required practices, yet still posted better scores and was given the top spot to compete in a high-profile cross-country meet, which Taylor participated in last year. Taylor failed to make the cut in a decision she claims will deprive her of opportunities to not only compete, but garner college recognition and recruitment, the suit alleges. Taylor, along with Kaitlyn, a top competitor on the junior varsity team who claims her ability to advance to varsity is in jeopardy due to the trans athlete, protested the matter at a local meet by wearing t-shirts that said “Save Girls’ Sports” and “It’s Common Sense.XX ≠ XY.”The district then infringed on their constitutional right when school authorities told them to remove or conceal their shirts, calling their attire hostile and intimidating — likening the messaging to that of a swastika, according to the lawsuit.
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