Parents in Bow wore pink armbands at a girls’ soccer match in 2024 to protest the inclusion of transgender athletes in girls’ sports.

School staff ordered them to remove the armbands or leave the field.

When the parents resisted, the school issued no-trespass orders, barring them from attending any school games if they continued wearing the armbands. If they didn’t conform, they faced arrest.

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