Coach sues school after being fired over his views on trans athletesBy Snejana Farberov
July 20, 2023
A devout Christian snowboarding coach from Vermont has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that his free-speech rights were violated when he was unceremoniously fired for sharing his views on transgender athletes.
David Bloch, who founded the Woodstock Union High School snowboarding team and had served as its head coach for more than a decade, lost his job in early February, a day after having a three-minute discussion with some of his athletes, during which he said that biological males have a physical advantage over female-born athletes.
According to Bloch’s 31-page complaint, filed Monday in the US District Court for the District of Vermont and obtained by The Post, Bloch made his remarks after overhearing two snowboarders on his team talking about a male-to-female trans athlete from another school who was competing against girls.
“Bloch joined the conversation to comment that people express themselves differently and that there can be masculine women and feminine men,” according to a statement from the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) — a right-wing Christian legal advocacy group representing Bloch in the lawsuit.
“He also affirmed that as a matter of biology, males and females have different DNA, which causes males to develop differently from females and have different physical characteristics, and that those biological differences give males an advantage in athletic competitions,” ADF continued.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/07/20/vermont-coach-sues-school-after-being-fired-over-trans-views/
