A transgender high school tennis coach who, despite complaints of inappropriate behavior, was rehired due to concerns of “transphobia,” has now resigned after a pair of videos surfaced of him engaged in vulgar behavior.
David Yates (pictured), who goes by “Sasha,” got his job back via a 6-2 vote by the Gettysburg Area School District board last summer.
Yates had been dismissed after various complaints, including “changing in and ‘walking through’ the girls’ locker room,” and “talk[ing] to students about undergarment preferences and menstruation.”
But he later reapplied for his coaching position, and a solicitor recommended he be rehired — else the district could face a lawsuit.
Many in the local community favored Yates’ rehiring, claiming transphobia was behind his firing in the first place. […]
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