一位加利福尼亚州的女性体育权益倡导者兼公职候选人透露，由于她身穿印有“保护女子体育”字样的T恤引发了争议，活动主办方随后要求所有观众离开一场学区董事会候选人论坛现场。
A California women’s sports advocate and candidate for office says organizers cleared the audience from a school board candidate forum after a dispute over her "Save Girls Sports" shirt.
作为加利福尼亚州第30选区共和党候选人以及“保护女子体育”组织的创始人，香农·凯斯勒向OutKick透露，在9月21日于阿罗约格兰德举行的卢西亚·马尔联合学区董事会候选人论坛上，主办方要求她把T恤遮住。
Shannon Kessler, the Republican candidate for California’s 30th Assembly District and founder of Save Girls Sports Central Coast, told OutKick she was instructed to cover the shirt at a Sept. 21 forum for Lucia Mar Unified School District trustee candidates in Arroyo Grande.
凯斯勒承认，那件T恤的背面还印有她的名字以及她的州议会竞选相关信息。她表示自己原本愿意只遮住背面的内容，最终才同意把正面也遮盖起来。
The shirt also carried her name and Assembly campaign information on the back, Kessler acknowledged. She said she offered to cover that portion before eventually agreeing to conceal the front as well.
这场论坛由圣路易斯奥比斯波县女性选民联盟与美国大学女性协会的皮斯莫比奇分会联合举办。视频画面显示，论坛主持人宣布出现了“违规行为”，随后要求所有人离场。
The League of Women Voters of San Luis Obispo County hosted the forum with the American Association of University Women’s 5 Cities Pismo Beach Branch. Footage shows the host of the forum announcing a "violation," before instructing everyone to leave.
“从现在起，本次论坛即告取消。由于出现违规行为，我们无法继续进行，”凯斯勒提供的视频中显示主持人这样说道，“由于存在违规行为——即论坛现场不允许出现任何标语或竞选宣传内容——我们不得不中止活动。现在请各位离开。”随后这场候选人论坛在没有观众的情况下继续进行，参与者们对着镜头回答了事先提交的书面问题。该活动是在阿罗约格兰德高中举办的，并非常规的学区董事会会议。
"From this point on, this forum has been cancelled, because of that violation, we can not proceed," he said, as seen in footage provided by Kessler. "We will ask you to leave now, yes, due to the violation. The violation that there are not to be any slogans, no campaign slogans in the forum, we can not continue." The candidate forum continued without an audience, with participants answering previously submitted written questions on camera. The event was held at Arroyo Grande High School, rather than being a regular school board meeting.
凯斯勒称，冲突的起因是她穿着这件T恤入场后，被指出上面的标语违反了活动规定。“这只是一件倡导女性权益的T恤而已，”她说道。
Kessler said the confrontation began when she entered wearing the shirt and was told its message violated the event’s rules. "It’s just a women’s rights shirt," she said.
她表示，主办方建议她去洗手间把T恤反着穿，但她起初拒绝了。凯斯勒坚称，这件T恤上的标语体现了她反对跨性别运动员参加女子体育赛事的立场，与她个人的州议会竞选活动并无直接关联。
She said organizers suggested she turn the shirt inside out in a bathroom, but she initially refused. Kessler argued that the slogan reflected her advocacy against transgender athletes competing in girls’ sports and was not specific to her Assembly campaign.
凯斯勒称，她当时主动提出借一件夹克来遮住衣服背面印有的竞选宣传信息。
CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Kessler said she then offered to borrow a jacket to cover the campaign information on the back.
“可这对他们来说还不够。他们要求我必须把‘拯救女孩体育事业’这条宣传信息也遮住，”她说道。
"That wasn’t good enough for them. They said I had to cover Save Girls Sports, that message," she said.
据凯斯勒所述，一位被她称为联盟负责人的女子随后告诉她，衣服正面也必须遮住，因为上面有“反跨性别的仇恨言论”。“我无法控制别人怎么理解这句话，但我本意并非如此，”凯斯勒回忆道，自己当时这样回应。在此次采访中，凯斯勒并未透露那位组织者的姓名。
According to Kessler, a woman she described as a League leader then told her the front needed to be covered because it carried an "anti-trans hateful message." "I cannot control how you perceive it, but I don’t mean it that way," Kessler said she responded. Kessler did not identify that organizer by name in the interview.
她还称，针对其他与会者，这些规则的执行标准却截然不同。凯斯勒表示，有个穿着印有“跨性别孩子理应被接纳”字样的T恤的人，以及其他穿着印有其他候选人宣传信息的与会者，都并未被要求遮盖衣物。
She also alleged that the rules were enforced differently against other attendees. Kessler said a person wearing a "Trans kids belong" shirt and attendees wearing other candidates’ campaign information were not asked to cover their clothing.
“我并不反对他穿那件T恤，”谈及那位展示跨性别权益倡导信息的与会者时，她说道，“我觉得他有权传达这样的信息。”该联盟公布的论坛规则规定，论坛会场内禁止出现竞选标语牌、横幅、徽章、宣传服饰及宣传资料。其官网则允许在会场外的指定区域摆放竞选材料，并说明组织方有权拒绝那些穿着带有政治倾向或可能引发骚乱的服饰的与会者入场。
"I don’t have a problem with him wearing that shirt," she said of the attendee displaying the transgender advocacy message. "Once again, I feel that he has the right to carry that message." The League’s published forum rules prohibit campaign signs, banners, buttons, clothing and literature inside the forum room. Its website allows campaign materials in a designated area outside the room and says organizers can refuse entry to attendees wearing clothing considered political or disruptive.
凯斯勒称，那些穿着“拯救女孩体育事业”主题T恤的同伴们也被要求把衣服遮住或翻面穿着。她还称，组织方威胁称若不听话就会报警。
Kessler said companions wearing Save Girls Sports shirts were also instructed to cover them or turn them inside out. She said organizers threatened to call police if they did not comply.
阿罗约格兰德警方的记录显示，9月21日下午6点07分，有人在该高中地址处报警称发生了扰乱治安事件。公开的报警记录并未说明事件起因及警方的处置措施。凯斯勒称，警方始终没有进入会场将她带离。相反，组织方直接驱散了在场观众。
Arroyo Grande police records list a disturbance-of-the-peace call at the high school’s address at 6:07 p.m. Sept. 21. The public log does not explain the underlying dispute or what action officers took. Kessler said police never entered to remove her. Instead, organizers dismissed the audience.
凯斯勒提供的视频显示，她与工作人员就T恤问题发生争执，随后众多观众陆续离开了会场。
Footage provided by Kessler shows an exchange with a staffer about the shirt and audience members leaving the room.
凯斯勒称，在校董会成员科琳·马丁对此提出异议后，她最终用借来的夹克遮住了身上的T恤，让人把那些标语牌撤走，还把带有竞选标志的水瓶放进了手提包里。
Kessler said she ultimately covered the shirt with a borrowed jacket, had the signs taken away and put a campaign-branded water bottle in her purse after trustee Colleen Martin raised an objection to it.
“我最后说，好吧，如果你们要赶走所有人，我就把T恤遮住。可他们还是取消了会议，”她说道。
"I had finally said, okay, look, if you’re going to eject everyone, I’ll cover the shirt. And they still canceled the meeting," she said.
凯斯勒将这一事件描述为歧视行为。“我觉得这属于基于观点的歧视，也侵犯了我的第一修正案权利，”她说。
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此次争执源于当地围绕跨性别学生参与女子体育项目以及使用更衣室权限的长期争论。
The dispute follows a prolonged local debate over transgender students’ participation in girls’ sports and access to locker rooms.
OutKick曾试图联系圣路易斯奥比斯波县妇女选民联盟、美国大学妇女协会五城-皮斯莫海滩分会主席琼·伯恩斯·斯莱特、露西亚·马尔学区公关代表艾米·雅各布斯、学区董事会副主席科琳·马丁以及阿罗约格兰德警察局以寻求置评。
OutKick reached out to the League of Women Voters of San Luis Obispo County; AAUW Five Cities–Pismo Beach branch President Jean Burns Slater; Lucia Mar School District communications representative Amy Jacobs; school board Vice President Colleen Martin; and the Arroyo Grande Police Department for comment.
该学区方面回应称：“露西亚·马尔学区明确表示，此次论坛‘并非由学校或学区主办’。据解释，妇女选民联盟是通过学区的设施使用申请程序租用了高中场地。”
"The Lucia Mar School District said the forum "was not a school- or District-sponsored event," explaining that the League rented the high school facilities through its facilities-use process," the district said.
“9月21日的候选人论坛并非由学校或学区主办。该活动由妇女选民联盟发起并组织，该联盟也是通过学区的设施使用申请程序租用了阿罗约格兰德高中的场地。”除处理设施使用申请外，学校与学区均未参与活动的策划与举办、规则的制定与执行，亦未对参会人员作出任何决定。相关事宜的咨询最好直接联系活动主办方。
"The Sept. 21 candidate forum was not a school- or District-sponsored event. The event was sponsored and conducted by the League of Women Voters, which rented Arroyo Grande High School facilities through the District’s facilities use process." Beyond processing the facilities-use application, neither the school nor the District had a role in planning or conducting the event, establishing or enforcing event rules, or making decisions regarding the audience. Questions regarding those matters are best directed to the event organizers.
此前凯斯勒也曾向露西亚·马尔学区董事会呼吁依据生理性别实施相关限制措施。其所属组织的官网显示，“拯救女子体育事业——中央海岸联盟”创立于2025年3月，即她发起州议会竞选活动之前。
Kessler has advocated before the Lucia Mar board for restrictions based on biological sex. Her organization’s website says Save Girls Sports Central Coast was founded in March 2025, before she launched her Assembly campaign.
2025年5月，教育委员会以5票赞成、2票反对的结果，决定不将一项支持《第九条》及保障女学生体育公平的决议案列入后续议程。学区督学保罗·福塞特指出，该提案若获通过，将要求学区向州政府、联邦政府以及加利福尼亚州中学体育联合会进行游说，而非直接修改学区现行政策。
In May 2025, the board voted 5-2 against placing a proposed resolution supporting Title IX and fairness in girls’ sports on a future agenda. District Superintendent Paul Fawcett said the proposal would have committed the district to advocacy directed at state and federal officials and the California Interscholastic Federation, rather than immediately changing district policies.
正在挑战民主党议员道恩·阿迪斯的凯斯勒表示，自己的倡导行动不会仅局限于本次选举，她计划继续就此问题向学校管理层施压。
Kessler, who is challenging Democratic Assemblymember Dawn Addis, said her advocacy extends beyond the election and that she intends to continue pressing school officials on the issue.
“我们并不针对任何个人，”她说，“我们反对的是这项州级政策。”
"We’re not against any individuals," she said. "We’re against this state policy."