A California school board meeting descended into controversy as it addressed the participation of a transgender cross country runner and the subsequent protest by students. The meeting also tackled allegations that school administrators compared 'Save Girls' Sports' T-shirts to swastikas.
The Riverside Unified School District (RUSD) in California held a board meeting Thursday amidst a controversy over a transgender cross country runner at Martin Luther King High School and students being reprimanded for protesting the athlete's participation. The board meeting addressed recent allegations in a lawsuit that school administrators compared ' Save Girls' Sports ' T-shirts to swastikas.
Protesters gathered outside the RUSD District Office, advocating for and against transgender inclusion. Video footage of the meeting provided by parents to California Family Outreach Director Sophia Lorey showed a crowd of people hoisting the transgender pride flag and wearing shirts with similar colors. Lorey told Fox News Digital there were a few people outside the venue wearing the 'Save Girls' Sports' T-shirts, but they were outnumbered by the pro-transgender activists. The California Family Council, alongside the religious rights law firm Advocates for Faith and Freedom, held a press conference outside the district office ahead of the board meeting addressing the ongoing controversy. Ryan Starks, the father of a girl at the school named Taylor who is involved in a lawsuit against the school, spoke at the press conference. The lawsuit alleges Taylor lost her varsity spot to a transgender athlete and that her T-shirt to express opposition to the athlete competing was compared to a swastika. 'It's just heartbreaking to see what my daughter has gone through this season,' Starks said. 'This is unfair. This is completely unfair. It breaks my heart as a father to see my daughter go through this and have it stripped away from her, have her come up to me and just hug me. And I can't do anything about it. So, it's just heartbreaking.
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