Two students at Riverside’s Martin Luther King High School have sued the school on claims of First Amendment violations, due process violations, and Title IX violations.
They claim the school gave preferential treatment to a transgender member of their cross-country team, and that they were censored when they wore clothes to school that signaled their opposition to the teammate’s inclusion.
Follow Our Courts will not name the plaintiffs or their teammate because they are minors.
One of the plaintiffs is a 15-year-old freshman, and the other is a 16-year-old junior who has been on the varsity team since she was a freshman, the complaint said.
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