Conservatives,
Using unapproved pronouns and “misgendering” a student just got this high schooler suspended, and it has cost her father his job.
What did they object to? A male student was in the girls’ locker room while they undressed.
Blake Allen, a female high school volleyball player, and her father Travis, a middle school coach, found out that radical school officials are willing to violate the free speech rights of students and parents and punish them for voicing legitimate, commonsense concerns about privacy and safety.
In September, Blake expressed concern that a male student had entered the girls’ locker room while she and her teammates were undressing. Shockingly, the school responded by saying that if any of the girls felt uncomfortable, they could use a single-stall restroom outside the locker room.
Later, when talking with classmates, Blake noted that the male student is “literally a dude” and said “he” doesn’t belong in the girls’ locker room.
School officials then suspended Blake, charging her with harassing and bullying the male student. And as part of her punishment, they told her she would have to write a “reflective essay” and “take part in a restorative circle” or face even further suspension.
Blake doesn’t need to be reeducated on this issue. She knows what biological reality is.
For her father’s part, Travis had genuine concerns for his daughter’s safety and privacy. In a community Facebook post, he expressed his concern about the male student being in the girls’ locker room, stating “he got a free show” while his daughter and her teammates had been “violated.”
School district officials responded by finding Travis had “misgendered” the male student and suspended him from his job as the middle school’s girls’ soccer coach for the rest of the season—without pay.
Travis and Blake reached out to Alliance Defending Freedom for help, and we have filed a federal lawsuit on their behalf.
In response to ADF’s actions, Blake’s school has thankfully lifted her suspension and any further punishment. But Travis remains suspended, and he’s waiting for the school to do the right thing—starting with honoring his right to free speech.
Every girl has a right to privacy and safety—and every parent has a right to expect and demand that of their child’s school. And no student or parent should face punishment for exercising their constitutional right to speak freely.
Blake and Travis understand that males are males, and females are females. But the school is denying biological reality and trying to force its false ideology on everyone else.
More and more, government officials and activists are trying to silence the speech of those who stand by biological reality. What’s happened to Blake and Travis is just one recent example.
Will you make a gift right now to help fuel their lawsuit and defend free speech for all Americans?
For freedom,
Alliance Defending Freedom
P.S. Blake Allen was uncomfortable with a male in her team’s locker room and was suspended after noting that a male who was in her locker room while she and her teammates undressed was “literally a dude.” The school responded by suspending her. Travis, her father, defended Blake and expressed his legitimate concerns. For that, he was suspended from his job as a middle school coach. This is wrong. Your gift today will help defend the Allens and protect free speech! |
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