The families of two adolescent girls continue the California attorney general, Rob Bonta, on the laws of the state which allow transgender athletes to compete in girls sports.
A trial was filed by Ryan Starling, the father of Taylor Starling; Daniel and Cynthia Slavin, Kaitlyn Slavin’s parents; And save the sports of girls, according to court documents examined by PK Press Club Digital.
The defendants listed are the director of public education of Bonta and California Tony Thurmond, as well as the unified school district of Riverside and the administrators Leann Iacuone and Amanda Chann.
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A non -sexist bathroom at the University of California in Irvine in Irvine, California. (Reuters / Lucy Nicholson)
The pursuit disputes a law in California which allows transgender athletes to compete with girls and women, saying that it is a violation of title IX.
The law, AB 1266, has been in force since 2014, giving California students at the scholastic and college levels to “participate in programs and school activities separated by sex, including teams and sports competitions, and to use installations compatible with its identity genre, regardless of the genre listed on the student’s recordings.
“This law conflicts with the federal protections of title IX, which have been established to ensure equity, security and equal opportunities for students and athletes,” a declaration of lawyers told PK Press Club Digital .
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Students from Martin Luther King secondary school in Riverside, California, wear t-shirts that say “save girls sports” to protest against a transgender athlete in the cross-country team. (Thanks to Sophia Lorey)
“AB 1266 undermines female athletes, forcing them to compete with biological men who have undeniable physical advantages. It is not equality. It is an assault against equity and security.”
The trial, recently modified to include Bonta and Thurmond, was initially deposited in November by the Starling and Slavin families.
This alleges that Taylor Starling lost his place in the Martin Luther King secondary school in the Cross-Country University School to a Transgender athlete who had just transferred to school. Starling and Slavin also alleged that when they wore shirts that said “Save Girls Sports” to protest, they were scolded by administrators who compared the shirts with swastikas.
The complainants seek to make state -of -scale changes to California.
“The complainants are looking for a federal decision that AB 1266 violates title IX as well as a decision which held the district responsible for violating their rights to the first amendment. They ask for an injunctive repair to prevent schools from forcing biological girls to compete with and against men, a judgment affirming sexual relations -the protections based on athletics and compensation for the damage caused by these discriminatory policies “, Declared the spokesperson for defenders of defenders of faith and freedom.
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Supporters of transgender athletes hold panels on the left while Tori Hitchcock, in the center, young women for America, and Salomay McCullough, on the right, show their “Save Girls Sports” shirts. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Ryan Starling previously told PK Press Club Digital that the loss of his daughter’s university spot has disturbed his whole family emotionally, because cross-country played a central role in his life. And then, when his daughter and other girls of the team confronted their school administrators on this subject, he says, they were told that “the transgender people have more rights than the Cisgenders”.
“We said on several occasions not only to Taylor, but also to his sister,” said Ryan Starling, adding that Taylor is one of three triplets, and all three are active in university sports teams. “All the administrators of Martin Luther King declared this comment, and the coordinator of the title IX of the Riverside Unified School District declared that as a cisgenre girl, they do not have the same rights as a transgender girl ‘ To several girls, not just our daughters, but several girls on campus.
A RUSD spokesperson refused to make an official comment on Ryan Starling’s claims in a conversation with PK Press Club Digital.
The RUSD previously provided a declaration to PK Press Club Digital Insisting on the fact that its management of the situation was in accordance with the law of the State of California.
“Although these rules were not created by RUSD, the district is committed to complying with the regulations of the law and the CIF. Education and athletics.
Dan Slavin previously told PK Press Club Digital that his family could continue to raise awareness of this issue in the California governors in 2026 if the problem was not resolved.
“If nothing changes here over the next two years, this should absolutely be one of the next elections,” he said.
“I want to see the policies change,” added Slavin. “I continue to say that the system is broken, and it hurts more than good. And I want to see people understand it and admit it. Sometimes we make mistakes, and it’s ok to admit this , but we have to make changes and obtain from these errors that we make.
California’s member of the State Assembly Kate Sanchez announced in early January.
Sanchez, a Republican, will offer the Protect Girls’ Sports Act to the State’s legislature. Currently, 25 states have in force similar laws.
