Naperville parents and advocates clash over treatment of transgender student; speakers warn of doxxing and threats

Dozens of residents and advocates pressed Naperville CUSD 203’s Board of Education on June 2 to protect a transgender student after outside activists publicized the student’s participation in a middle‑school track meet and posted identifying material online.

Supporters of the student described harassment and threats that followed the posts and urged the board to stand by district policies protecting transgender students. Opponents, including members of Awake Illinois, argued for protecting female athletics and said federal law and Title IX must be enforced as they interpret it.

The meeting’s public‑comment period ran for more than two hours. Peter Rivera, who said he has spoken previously at the board about Awake Illinois, told the board, “This wasn’t a discussion. This was a smear campaign, a lynching, a coordinated effort to shame and endanger a teenager.” Rivera added speakers had “outed, targeted, and doxed a transgender…