California school superintendent asked to resign amid transgender athletes controversy

More than 200 people attended an emotional Riverside school board meeting as the community clashed over the rights of transgender students and free speech on campus while many called for Superintendent Renee Hill to quit.

Demands for Hill’s at the Thursday, Dec. 19, meeting stemmed from reaction to alleging the district violated students’ first amendment rights and denied students fair and equal access to athletics. In the federal lawsuit, a student alleged she was replaced on her cross country team in favor of a transgender athlete.

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The suit alleges that students at Riverside’s opposed to the district’s actions wore T-shirts with the slogans “Save Girls’ Sports” and “It’s Common Sense. XX ≠ XY,” and were told by a school administrator that this was akin to wearing Nazi swastikas in front of Jewish students.

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Manuk Grigoryan, center in white shirt, speaks to people in the crowd Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, outside the Riverside school board meeting at the Riverside Adult School. The Glendale parent is a member of Leave Our Kids Alone. (Photo by Jordan B. Darling, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) 

The incident also prompted bullying attacks against transgender students in the district, members of pro-LGBTQ groups said.

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