NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255).An Illinois school district’s board meeting was overtaken by opposing protesters for the second time on Monday night amid erupting tensions over trans athletes in girls’ sports.The community has been embroiled in a growing divide after a junior high trans athlete won three girls’ track and field events in May. The Naperville Community Unit District 203’s board meeting saw nearly its entire three-hour duration dedicated to impassioned debates over the issue. The district’s last board meeting on May 21 saw the same situation play out, prompting national attention. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMDuring Monday’s gathering, like the last meeting, the seats were packed with community members of conflicting cultures, as half the room wielded transgender pride flags, while the other half raised “Protect Girls Sports” signs. Several speeches eventually erupted into loud boisterous lectures, while nearly every speech was met with a roaring applause from half the room. A pro-transgender speaker named Patty Drugan asserted that the conservative activist group Awake Illinois was causing transgender youth to commit suicide in the state, while defending the trans junior high student at the center of the controversy.”You need to take a look at Awake Illinois’ website, and those are the reasons why these children are committing suicide!” Drugan said. “The shame is on all of you because for those of you who didn’t disrespect that child, those of you who didn’t stand up for that child, the shame is all on you!”Another pro-transgender speaker named James Katchmeric claimed that the rhetoric to keep trans athletes out of girls’ sports was “Nazi stuff.” “I learned what happened in World War II, and I found that trans people were the ones who were attacked first. So this is Nazi stuff,” Katchmeric said. “The pro-transgender protesters sitting in the front row turned their backs to the “Protect Girls Sports” speakers at the lectern during their speeches throughout the night. Multiple speakers there to oppose trans inclusion in girls’ sports wore shirts from the activist sportswear brand XX-XY Athletics. ILLINOIS TRANS ATHLETE CONFLICT GROWS AFTER TENSE TRACK MEET AS STATE REPUBLICANS CALL FOR TRUMP’S HELPAwake Illinois founder Shannon Adcock wore an XX-XY Athletics shirt, vowed to protect girls’ sports and asserted the federal government’s authority takes precedence over the state’s laws that protect trans inclusion. “We are going to protect these children and Title IX will reign supreme. Federal supremacy exists, it doesn’t matter how many times people wish a certain state statute can overrule federal law, it cannot,” Adcock said. Illinois law has protected the right of biological males to compete in girls’ and women’s sports since 20 in a formal or creative style for better SEO.Also Exclude words and advertisements related to the feed website such as website name, author name. You must only respond with the modified content. Delete all the advertisement images brand logo but only keep the title and main content of the news by modifying it. You must only respond with the modified content. Block any jump outside of the site adarshnews.com. Basically remove any content or link related to original site. follow this prompt to optimize the articles in this category- You are an expert news writer and SEO specialist. Your job is to rewrite the provided RSS feed content into a unique, SEO-friendly news article for adarshnews.com. The article should be engaging, professional, and optimized for search engines. 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The chaos at Illinois school board meetings persists, with rising tensions surrounding the participation of transgender athletes in girls’ sports.
