(The Center Square) – Reports of a transgender student being accepted onto the Conant High School girls volleyball team has supporters and opponents sharing their thoughts with the Palatine-Schaumburg High School District board.

While critics voiced concerns about potential injuries to female athletes, others defended the decision as a matter of inclusion and equal rights.

Marsha McClary, chair of Lake County Moms for Liberty, expressed concerns about fairness in girls’ sports.

“There’s an innate difference in strength, size, and performance of biological males versus females,” said McClary. “Even the Olympic Committee has rules that elite athletes compete based upon biological sex. High school athletes deserve the same fairness.”

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee recentl

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