Judge Blocks School Parents Protesting Transgender Soccer Players
to protest transgender girls playing in the matches.However, the judge allowed one father, who had been banned for the season after a protest and altercation, to attend his daughter's games.
He can also pick her up from practice, as long as he does not engage in any protest activity.Judge Steven McAuliffe said the issue of whether parents can protest transgender players at student sports events is legally complicated.
He plans to hear more arguments from both sides at a hearing in late November.The case began when three parents and a grandparent of soccer players at Bow High School sued the district.
They claimed their rights were violated when they were barred from school grounds for wearing the wristbands. The "XX" wristbands symbolize the female chromosome pair.Two of the parents wore the wristbands during a match on September 17 against Plymouth Regional High School.
