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A West Virginia judge has reversed a school district’s ban on the five girls who protested against being forced to compete against a transgender player in their high school track & field events.
5 middle school female athletes in West Virginia on Thursday refused to throw shot put against male Becky Pepper-Jackson.However, This peaceful protest led the Harrison County Board of Education to ban the girls from competition, calling their actions discriminatory.and signed a brief to support the girls and to protest the ban on their being allowed to compete as the girls filed a lawsuit against the school district for the ban.
The latest move in this saga occurred on Thursday when a Harrison County Circuit Court judge ruled that the girls can continue to compete while their lawsuit is being heard. for its part, the Harrison County Board of Education denied they perpetrated any “form of retaliation against the Lincoln Middle School students who voluntarily chose to scratch from an event at the Harrison County Middle School Championship Track Meet,” and added that the five girls were allowed to mount their protests.
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