A number of women say they were denied athletic opportunities – and potential wins – in girls’ sports because they had to compete against biological men who identify as women.
After their pleas were ignored for a time, they are being given new life.
Women athletes feel cheated
U.S. News and World Report reports:
A U.S. appeals court on Friday revived a lawsuit by female former high school track team members challenging a Connecticut policy that allows transgender girls to compete on girls’ teams.
The full 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said the four women could pursue claims that the policy deprived them of wins and athletic opportunities by requiring them to compete with two transgender sprinters.
The court did not review the merits of those claims, but only whether the plaintiffs had standing to bring them.
“Plaintiffs plausibly allege that directing Defendants to alter public athletic records … could at least provide Plaintiffs with the publicly recognized titles and placements they would have received if (transgender athletes) had not competed,” Circuit Judge Alison Nathan wrote for the court.
The report added, “The ruling reviving the 2020 lawsuit comes amid a push by Republican-led states to bar transgender athletes from competing on teams or sports that align with their gender identities. The Biden administration has proposed prohibiting schools from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes joining teams.”
Trans women, or biological men who identify as women, have outcompeted biological women in a number of fields ever since allowing this became more commonplace.
What’s next for these plaintiffs? Time will tell. But it definitely feels like something needs to change.
