School board rehires trans tennis coach after community rallies to save her job

A Pennsylvania school board has voted to renew the contract of a trans tennis coach after stalling the decision due to what many believe was concern over her gender.

While the Gettysburg Area School District board maintains that coach Sasha Yates’s transgender identity had nothing to do with the fact that it delayed a vote on renewing her contract, community members feel differently.

“I cannot stand here and refuse to acknowledge that blatant transphobia is the main motivation behind this commotion,” said boys’ tennis team captain Tristan Smith at Tuesday’s board meeting, which was packed with almost 200 people, according to Penn Live.

Yates has been coaching both the boys’ and girls’ tennis teams in the district since 2018 and has a reported “stellar coaching record.”

Board President Kenneth Hassinger claimed during the meeting that the vote on Yates’ contract was…

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