School district that let biological male use girls' locker room reportedly punishes father of girl who spoke out because he misgendered trans student in question



A Vermont school district that let a biological male who identifies as a female use a girls' locker room punished the father of a girl who spoke out against the move because he misgendered the trans student in question, the Daily Signal reported.

The father — Travis Allen — has been suspended without pay from his Orange Southwest Supervisory District job as coach of the Randolph Union Middle School girls' soccer team, the outlet said.

What's the background?

In late September, several members of the girls' volleyball team at Randolph Union High School spoke out against the biological male using the locker room, saying the trans teammate made an inappropriate comment while they were changing.

Action was taken — but apparently not in favor of the now-uncomfortable girls' team players.

Burlington's WCAX-TV noted that the entire volleyball team was banned from using the locker room while officials conducted an investigation into claims that the girls harassed their trans teammate.

Allen's daughter Blake is one of the girls who spoke out, and she reportedly said, "I feel like for stating my opinion — that I don’t want a biological man changing with me — that I should not have harassment charges or bullying charges. They should all be dropped."

Oh, and in case you're wondering what happened to the story on the matter from WCAX, the station actually deleted it.

WCAX news director Roger Garrity told local news outlet Seven Days the reason for pulling the story was "to prevent others from using our reporting to attack people in the transgender community." Garrity added to the outlet that "we are now working with LGBTQ advocates on a message to the community acknowledging the harm that was caused."

Facebook fracas

The Daily Signal said Melissa Sivvy — guardian of the trans student in question — told the outlet that the student under her care is a girl and deserves to be in girls’ spaces. Sivvy also asked in a Facebook comment for “justice for whoever was wronged," the outlet added.

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Blake Allen's mother, Jessica Allen, replied that she would be “GLAD to have a conversation” on “this matter," the Daily Signal said.

Travis Allen also spoke up.

“I am the father of the girl you claim ‘made up a story for attention,’” he wrote in a Facebook reply to Sivvy, the outlet said. “The truth is your son watched my daughter and multiple other girls change in the locker room. While he got a free show, they got violated.”

He added, “You think this is fine and dandy. I wonder how you would feel if I watched you undress?” the Daily Signal reported.

Superintendent Layne Millington said in a Tuesday letter that Travis Allen was suspended without pay from this job as the coach of the middle school girls' soccer team because he “misgendered a transgender student in our district," the outlet said.

Here's a portion of the letter, according to American Thinker:

"While you have a right to your own opinions, you have chosen to publicly put yourself in opposition to the principles the district and its coaches are compelled to uphold. ... The district offered to work with you to make these matters right, the two possible solutions you offered were insufficient to re-establish the public trust you have damaged: avoiding using gender pronouns when communicating with transgender students and taking down the posts. The district recommended a public apology which you refused leaving the matter unresolved. Therefore, you have been suspended without pay for the remainder of the season. You were also offered the opportunity to change your mind at any time during the suspension in order to make things right and to earn back the public trust in your ability to support all students in your role as RUHS coach."

The Daily Signal said Millington did not immediately respond to its request for comment.

Travis Allen did speak with the Daily Signal, saying that "when he asked me to publicly apologize, I thought about it. I did pause and waited a few seconds. And I’m thinking, ‘If I say that I’ll apologize, I’ll be able to coach my youngest daughter for the rest of the season, but I’m going to, in turn, hurt my other daughter, because I’m not standing up for what we believe in, I’m just cowing to them like so many other people have done. And I just can’t do that.’”

Anything else?

In case you're wondering what happened to the Orange Southwest Supervisory District's website, that's been taken offline. VTDigger — citing a letter from Millington to the district community — reported that the district's site was hacked on Oct. 1 and "inundated" with “hate speech, symbols, and photographs targeting transgender individuals." The outlet added that the incident also prompted district leaders to disable district social media accounts and even refer the matter to local and federal law enforcement.

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14-year-old girl accuses Virginia school district of putting her in danger by allowing boys in girls' locker rooms



A Virginia teen went viral after she blasted the board of Virginia's Loudoun County Public Schools for allowing transgender students to use girls' locker rooms.

What's a brief history here?

The district's newly proposed 8350 policy states that "students should be allowed to use the facility that corresponds to their gender identity" — and not their biological sex.

According to Fox News, the new policy follows policy 1040, which stated that the county was committed to "providing an equitable, safe and inclusive working environment regardless of 'sexual orientation, gender identity' and other individual characteristics."

What are the details?

Fourteen-year-old Jolene Grover delivered her rousing remarks in front of the school board while wearing a "Woman is female" T-shirt.

Standing before the board on Tuesday, Jolene said, "Two years ago, I was told policy 1040 was just an umbrella philosophy and you weren't going to allow boys into the girls' locker rooms. But here you are doing just that."

"Everyone knows what a boy is — even you," she told the board members. "Your proposed policies are dangerous and rooted in sexism. When woke kids ask me if I was a lesbian or a trans boy because I cut my hair short, it should tell you these modern identities are superficial."

Jolene, who is now homeschooled after being withdrawn over the district's continued onslaught of what her family says are controversial policies, also said that she is concerned over what the new policy would lead to behind locker room doors.

"Now boys are reading erotica in the classroom next to girls and you want to give them access to girls' locker rooms and you want to force girls to call those boys 'she,'" the teen added. "You do this in the name of inclusivity while ignoring the girls who will pay the price. Your policies choose boys' wants over girls' needs."