{"id":1715309,"date":"2022-10-28T16:04:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T20:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1715309"},"modified":"2022-10-28T16:04:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T20:04:45","slug":"girl-father-file-suit-saying-they-were-suspended-for-misgendering-boy-in-girls-locker-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/girl-father-file-suit-saying-they-were-suspended-for-misgendering-boy-in-girls-locker-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Girl, Father File Suit Saying They Were Suspended For \u2018Misgendering\u2019 Boy In Girls\u2019 Locker Room"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgirl-father-file-suit-saying-they-were-suspended-for-misgendering-boy-in-girls-locker-room%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1715309&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Vermont teenager and her father, a high school soccer coach, have sued after they were both suspended after calling a male student who identifies as a transgender girl \u201cmale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Randolph Union High School suspended Blake Allen and her father, Travis, prompting the lawsuit. After the lawsuit was filed, the school dropped Blake\u2019s suspension. It is unclear if this was linked to the lawsuit or not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was suspended because I voiced my opinion that a man shouldn\u2019t be in the women\u2019s locker room,\u201d Blake Allen recalled. \u201cA lot of my classmates were supportive; I think most people and the school are, they are just too scared to speak up because they see all the backlash I\u2019m getting for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI made a social media post that referred to the male student as a male and I was punished because of it,\u201d Travis Allen echoed. \u201cBecause I \u2018misgendered\u2019 him.\u201d The school has claimed that the suspension was due to an incomplete background check for the coach.<\/p>\n<p>Blake Allen was changing in the locker room with other girls on September 21 when the trans-identifying student entered, according to the lawsuit. Some of the girls told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2022\/10\/18\/vermont-school-district-suspends-father-of-girl-who-pushed-back-against-biological-male-in-her-locker-room\/?utm_source=PANTHEON_STRIPPED&#038;utm_medium=PANTHEON_STRIPPED&#038;utm_campaign=PANTHEON_STRIPPED&#038;mkt_tok=ODI0LU1IVC0zMDQAAAGHjq3gBD3iFBp8uyBWYAvta&#038;amp\">The Daily Signal<\/a> they asked the student to leave, but he refused, instead standing in a corner and watching them while they were changing.<\/p>\n<p>The next day, the <a href=\"https:\/\/adflegal.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2022-10\/Allen-v-Millington-2022-10-27-Complaint.pdf\">lawsuit claims<\/a>, Blake Allen was discussing the issue with a fellow student in French class when she called the trans-identifying boy a \u201cdude,\u201d adding that he did not belong in the girls\u2019 locker room.<\/p>\n<p>The next week, the lawsuit claims, the trans-identifying boy told others in his math class, \u201cI\u2019m going to f***ing kill Blake Allen.\u201d That evening, someone identifying as the mother of the boy in question stated on Facebook that Blake Allen \u201cmade up the story for attention\u201d and that \u201ctruth will prevail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Travis Allen replied, \u201cThe truth is your son watched my daughter and other girls change in the locker room. While he got a free show, they got violated.\u201d The school district superintentend then allegedly said that Travis Allen had \u201cmisgendered a transgendered student\u201d and suspended him without pay for the rest of the season, according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>Travis Allen agreed to eschew using gender pronouns but balked when the district demanded he issue a public apology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen he (Orange Southwest School District Superintendent Layne Millington) asked me to publicly apologize, I thought about it,\u201d Allen said to The Daily Signal. \u201cI did pause and waited a few seconds. And I\u2019m thinking, \u2018If I say that I\u2019ll apologize, I\u2019ll be able to coach my youngest daughter for the rest of the season, but I\u2019m going to, in turn, hurt my other daughter, because I\u2019m not standing up for what we believe in, I\u2019m just cowing to them like so many other people have done. And I just can\u2019t do that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The district allegedly demanded Blake Allen serve a two-day out of school suspension, write a letter of apology to the boy as well as join a \u201crestorative circle\u201d with the school\u2019s equity coordinator \u201cand at least two students who can help her understand the rights of students to access public accommodations,\u201d The Daily Signal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2022\/10\/27\/exclusive-vermont-family-accuses-school-district-of-retaliating-against-them-for-pushing-back-against-biological-male-in-girls-locker-room\/\">noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said I would rather have a five-day suspension than apologize because I\u2019m not sorry,\u201d Blake Allen told Fox News\u2019 Tucker Carlson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Vermont teenager and her father, a high school soccer coach, have sued after they were both suspended after calling a male student who identifies as a transgender girl \u201cmale.\u201d Randolph Union High School suspended Blake Allen and her father, Travis, prompting the lawsuit. After the lawsuit was filed, the school dropped Blake\u2019s suspension. 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