Father of high school runner forced to compete against trans student delivers powerful message to Gavin Newsom

The father of a California high school athlete forced to compete with a transgender student had a poignant message for Gov. Dan Slavin said his daughter Kaitlyn was punished for protesting against trans athletes after her friend was booted of the Martin Luther King High cross-country team. Ninth grader Kaitlyn and 11th grader Taylor claim they were told by school officials that students who wore t-shirts protesting trans athletes that they were akin to wearing Nazi swastika. High schoolers Kaitlyn and Taylor claim they were told by school officials that students who wore t-shirts protesting trans athletes that they were akin to wearing Nazi swastika Taylor was booted of the Martin Luther King High cross-country team and replaced with a transgender student California state law prohibits discrimination of students based on gender, gender identity and gender expression, and specifically prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender in physical education and athletics. Kaitlyn's father said he wants to talk with Newsom about the effects of his policies and warned it could be an issue for the next election Their teammate, Kylie Morrow, 16, made an impassioned plea to the school board during a recent meeting begging to have the trans student removed from the team 'It's been tough on her.