An Oregon high-school track and field coach claims he was fired by the district overseeing the Lake Oswego High School track team for questioning the state’s inclusion of biologically male athletes in female sports. John Parks claims his contract was terminated after he wrote letters advocating for changes in state rules regarding transgendered athletes.
According to KATU, Parks wrote letters to Peter Weber of the Oregon Student Activities Association (OSAA) and state Senator Rob Wagner, in which he argued for changes to state policy on transgendered athletes. Parks said that there should be an “open” category for transgendered athletes similar to what is done for wheelchair-bound athletes.
“The solution to trans athletes is to have an open category like a gender neutral bathroom,” Parks reportedly wrote, claiming it “Allows competition opportunities but doesn’t make a mockery of the reason females compete in their own category.”
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