Beth Bourne, a women’s rights activist from California, staged a striking protest against a policy permitting transgender students to use girls’ locker rooms by appearing in a bikini at a recent school board meeting.
As the chair of the Moms for Liberty chapter in Yolo County, Bourne attended the Davis Joint Unified School Board meeting on September 18 to draw attention to locker room access policies.
“As a parent in the Davis Unified School District, I want to address the locker room policies at our junior high schools—specifically Emerson, Holmes, and Harper Junior High. Currently, students must change for PE class, and I want to illustrate what that entails,” Bourne stated before revealing her bikini.
She further emphasized, “Right now, this district allows students to choose their bathroom based on their transgender identity. Children are self-identifying into various bathrooms based solely on their—”
Bourne was interrupted by board members, who requested her to cease her actions.
“I deserve to finish my statement. You are infringing on my First Amendment rights,” she declared.
When she resisted further, school board vice president Hiram Jackson called for a break.
Following a five-minute recess, the meeting resumed, permitting Bourne to continue her comments. She again began to remove her clothing to display her bikini, prompting the board to call for another recess, which lasted over 30 minutes before they moved to a new agenda item.
Fox News Digital reached out for comments from both Bourne and the Davis Joint Unified School Board.
According to Bourne, in a statement to CBS News on September 19, she has been attending monthly school board meetings for the last three years to express her concerns regarding locker room accessibility and felt compelled to take drastic action to convey her message.
“If the adults in the room feel uncomfortable observing this, and I’m a 50-year-old woman, how can we expect girls to feel at ease in the locker rooms?” Bourne remarked.
“I believe I made a compelling argument.”
Trustee Cecilia Escamilla-Greenwald informed a local news outlet, the Vanguard, that law enforcement was notified following the second recess, and the board is deliberating its next steps.
“We plan to convene to discuss how to handle situations like this in the future. I know our superintendent will also consult legal counsel to determine the appropriate measures, as it is entirely inappropriate for anyone to behave in such a manner at the board meeting. It’s completely unacceptable,” Escamilla-Greenwald concluded.
