Letitia James faces lawsuit for allegedly threatening school board members over debate against trans athletes

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New York Attorney General Letitia James has been sued for allegedly threatening to remove school board members for discussing or even allowing students to discuss trans students in girls' sports and locker rooms at school board meetings. 

The alleged threats came in a "guidance letter" that warned of the removal of any school board member who uses the wrong pronoun for a trans person, or if they allow students to publicly speak out at school board meetings about their fears and discomfort with student trans athletes using the wrong locker room for their biological sex. 

A plaintiff in the suit, Massapequa Union Free School District Board Chair Kerry Wachter, alleged she was told that James' office instructed her to mute and dismiss any board meeting speaker that expressed views opposing trans athletes in girls' locker rooms and sports.

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"They're saying if we allow this discussion in our board meetings, she can come in and remove us from the board," Wachter told Fox News Digital. "They want me to stop public comment and stop them from speaking."

Wachter added that trans students were not being directly named in any board meetings, and conversations were only based around the feelings and concerns of female students.

School board testimonies by female students and parents detailing the negative experiences of girls sharing spaces with biological males