Change.org Petition Started For HS Track Coach Fired For Defending Women's Sports

John Parks, a high school track and field coach and teacher in Oregon, was allegedly fired for fighting for fairness in women's sports. 

According to KATU, "Parks wrote two letters to Peter Weber, the Executive Director of the Oregon Student Activities Association, and state Sen. Rob Wagner before and after the state championships in May, respectively." 

Oregon is the state in which Aayden Gallagher, a biological male, competes in girls' track & field. Some in attendance booed Gallagher after the transgender athlete won a girls' event at the Oregon state championships. 

In the letters, Parks urged Weber and Wagner to create an "open" division for transgender athletes so that biological males are not competing against girls. 

"I want them to be able to participate where they're not 'booed,' Parks told KATU. The coach is a supporter of transgender people, as evidenced by having his pronouns on his LinkedIn page, and his comments. 

An Oregon high school track coach was allegedly fired for fighting for fairness in women's sports and a change.org petition was started to get his job back.

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However, as a long-time athletics coach, Parks also believes that allowing males to compete against girls is simply unfair. 

"I'm going to fight now because I got wronged," Parks said. "I ... am fighting for girls, I'm fighting for female sports, and I'm fighting that it be fair for everybody."

Parks is appealing his termination and a change.org petition has been started in his honor. 

The organizer of the petition is Kristin Binkley, who runs an HR consulting firm.

The petition states, "The school's basis for this termination are that he violated School Board Policy by writing a letter to the OSAA seeking a