A New Hampshire parent is speaking out, claiming that her daughter was banned from school grounds at her soccer game this week because she was wearing a pink “XX” armband to support girls' sports, despite reports that there were biologically male players on the opposing team.
Anthony Foote of Bow, New Hampshire, told the New Hampshire Journal that he received a trespassing notice from Bow-Dumbarton School District Superintendent Marcy Kelly after he went to his daughter's high school football game on Tuesday wearing an armband in support of girls' sports.
Anthony Foote said his parents wore the armband after learning there was a transgender player on a rival team. (Getty Images)
“My daughter is playing in the homecoming game this weekend and I'm not allowed to play until the 23rd,” Foote told the paper. “It feels crazy that I won't be able to watch my daughter play at homecoming.”
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The issue began when several parents complained to Bow High School athletic director Mike Desilets after learning that a player playing on the Plymouth Regional High School girls varsity team was biologically male.
According to the report, several parents arrived at Tuesday's game wearing the armbands, but the game was halted and school officials asked them to remove them. Foote and at least one other parent were issued “'no trespassing' orders with police enforcement,” the report said.
A copy of the notice obtained by The New Hampshire Journal accused Foote of leading protests that were “intended to and had the effect of intimidating, threatening, harassing and discouraging” students from the opposing team.
At least two parents have been issued “no trespassing” orders, the New Hampshire Journal reports. (Getty Images)
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“Specifically, before and during the football game, the students brought and distributed pink armbands to parents and other spectators in protest of the participation of a transgender female student on the opposing team,” the notice read.
He added that the armbands violate school rules.
Foot denied allegations of protests and told the outlet that those wearing the armbands were simply doing so for the match. He provided the outlet with a video showing parents complaining about the armbands.
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Foote told the outlet that he didn't have any issues with the opposing team's players but was concerned his daughter could be “physically harmed.”
Marcy Kelly did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
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