November 9, 2026 - 8:38 pm

Two Clark County School Board members are suing their own board, alleging some of the its governance policies unconstitutionally restrict free speech.

Trustees Lorena Biassotti and Lydia Dominguez filed a lawsuit on Monday against the Clark County School District, as well as the School Board and its president, Emily Stevens.

The complaint in District Court stems from a controversial t-shirt that Biassotti wore to an Aug. 13 School Board meeting and the subsequent reprimand she received from the Board at its Aug. 27 meeting.

Biassotti’s shirt bore the logo of clothing brand XX-XY Athletics, whose company website states it aims to “protect women’s sports and spaces” and that it is “unfair and dangerous to allow males (XY) to compete in girls and women’s (XX) sports.”

“Trustee Biassotti wore the shirt because it reflects her sincerely held religious belief about the nature of humanity,” the lawsuit claims. “Members of this Board may disagree.…