New ruling reveals fate of middle school girls banned for protesting trans competitor Fox News
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FormerNCAAathletesPaulaScanlanandAdrianaMcLambsharetheirmessageaheadofthemeeting,urgingtheorganizationtoadoptthetransgenderban.
FiveWestVirginiamiddleschoolgirlsbannedfromparticipatingintrackandfieldmeetsaftertheyprotestedagainstatransathletelastweekareallowedtocompeteagain,ajudgeruledThursdaynight.
JudgeThomasA.BedellissuedapreliminaryinjunctionthatpreventstheHarrisonBoardofEducationanditsschoolsfrompenalizingstudent-athletesfortheirspeech.
Theschoolboarddeniedallegationsofretaliationagainstthestudents,andinsteadassertedthestudentswereallowedtoprotestwithouthindranceandwithfullawarenessandpermissionfromcoachesandtheprincipal.
“Thosestudents,likealloftheotherstudentsontheteam,however,weresubjecttoateamrulethatanyplayerwhoscratchesinaneventcannotparticipateinthateventatthenexttrackmeet,”theboardsaidinastatement.“Thisneutral,school-specificrulewasinplacebeforethestudents’prote
