Multiple groups, including “Moms for Liberty, Suffolk Chapter” and “Show Me Your Face” protested the William Floyd School District after concerned parents claimed a biological boy is a member of the Girls’ Varsity Track Team.
The protest coincided with an Executive Session meeting being held by the William Floyd School District Board of Education. While those meetings take place behind closed doors, parents still protested outside.
“Boys do not belong in women’s sports, boys do not belong in women’s bathrooms, boys do not belong in women’s lockerrooms. This is also a violation of President Trump’s Executive Order. The country voted the way it did knowing President Trump was going to ban men in women’s sports. This is what the people voted for. This is what we want,” said Shannon Van, Founder of the group “Show Me Your Face” and the Patriots Podcast.
President Trump issued an Executive Order on February 5th, 2025 titled "Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.”
It moves to ban federal funding to any school district that allows boys to participate in girls’ sports.
President Trump’s Executive Order states: “All executive departments and agencies (agencies) shall review grants to educational programs and, where appropriate, rescind funding to programs that fail to comply with the policy established in this order.”
Multiple parents and one member of the William Floyd High School Varsity Girls’ Track Team told the South Shore Press that a biological boy who identifies as a girl is a member of the girls’ team.
The biological boy, who the South Shore Press is not identifying, has practiced according to concerned parents and one track team member, but at this point in the season did not appear during the WFHS Girl’s track meet on Tuesday, April 1st against Middle Country.
The next William Floyd High School Girls’ Varsity track meet is scheduled for Monday, April 7th at Patchogue-Medford.
“The issue isn't that someone wants to identify as trans or a girl, that's a mental health issue. The issue is that the boy who is identifying as a female is simply a boy. Biologically, he is a male and has an advantage over girls. We need to protect girls and women in sports. They deserve an even playing field,” said Brianna Richardson, the Moms for Liberty Suffolk Chapter Chair.
While the most recent William Floyd School District Board of Education meeting was behind closed doors due to it being a previously scheduled Executive Session, its next scheduled meeting is open to the public.
According to the District calendar, the next publicly scheduled meeting is Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025, when a budget is scheduled to be adopted.
The groups that protested this week said they plan on making their voices heard to the school district during that April 22nd Board of Education meeting.
“Boys are stronger, they're faster, they're bigger. Having a boy on the girls’ team puts them in harm's way,” added Van.
“Someone who identifies as a female, could identify for that day just to get into a bathroom or a locker room. It’s scary. There's no security guards in bathrooms or locker rooms. Girls are uncomfortable, and it's not okay,” concluded Richardson.