Two high school athletes are suing a California school district after they were told their girls' sports shirts were the same as wearing Nazi costumes.
Caitlin and Taylor, both cross country runners at Martin Luther King High School, said they wore T-shirts that read “Save Girls Sports” on the front and “Common Sense. XX ≠ XY” on the back.
The shirt was in protest of a male athlete participating in a women's track and field event who bumped into one of the female athletes on the cross country team. The suit alleges that the man still kicked Taylor, an 11th grade student, out of the varsity team even though he did not regularly practice or meet the qualifications for the varsity team.
“We have a transgender student on our team who has worked hard and attended every practice, so why am I being kicked out? This student has only been to a few practices,” Taylor said. he asked.
The girls also allege that school athletic officials told them to remove or cover their shirts, creating a “hostile” environment. The athletic director reportedly even said that wearing their shirts around transgender students was like wearing a swastika around Jewish students.
“It was definitely difficult to hear because we're not trying to express hate in any way,” said Caitlin, a 9th grade student. fox news. “We're just wearing shirts that represent what we believe in, trying to raise awareness of the situation.”
“There are other messages that are allowed that are not censored.”
To make matters worse, the girls said a male student who identified as female was allowed to wear a “trans pride” bracelet with impunity, and other students followed suit using the LGBTQ pride flag. He said he was allowed to display the message.
Julian Fleisher, a lawyer with Faith and Freedom Defenders, said other political and social messages are all over the school, worn by other students, and gay pride flags are also hung in classrooms. He said that he was being treated as such.
“There are other messages that are not censored but are allowed,” Fleischer explained.
The suit also says the school removed the girl from the team after a male athlete transferred from another high school and broke the school's all-time girls' cross country record.
Taylor was reportedly brought to the junior varsity team to make way for the boy, but his family claims he will be less visible to college scouts by not attending high-profile track and field events. .
Neither the Riverside Unified School District nor Martin Luther King High School responded to Fox News' requests for comment.
The girls are the second pair of California high school students to compete against boys in competition in recent weeks.
The girls at Stoneridge Christian School refused to compete in the state tournament after learning the boys were playing on the opposing team.
“We always stand for what is Biblical truth and right,” the school said.
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