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Oregon track coach who sued after being fired for suggesting an ‘open’ division for trans athletes requests reinstatement

By John Ransom

He wants his job back and he’s keeping his views.

A coach involved in a First Amendment lawsuit because he was allegedly fired for suggesting biological males have an advantage over girls in sports is asking to be reinstated immediately.

The request to the United States District Court in Oregon to reinstate track coach John Parks with an injunction comes just over two months after the First Amendment lawsuit was filed.

In the original lawsuit, the former coach claims “unlawful retaliation in violation of [his] First Amendment free speech rights,” because of a letter he wrote saying that transgender athletes should compete in an “open” division, not against girls.

When the coach was fired in June 2024, the Lake Oswego High School principal specifically cited the letter as a reason for his termination, according to the 48-page suit.

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