Can Title IX Be Used to Exclude Trans Athletes

WP, A Battle Over Title IX: Can it be Used to Exclude Trans Athletes?

On Thursday, a federal appellate court heard arguments concerning the rights of transgender student-athletes.

But unlike most other legal challenges of this kind, the plaintiffs aren’t trans people suing to have their rights recognized.

Instead, a group of young cisgender women, represented by the Christian conservative legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom, is arguing that allowing trans athletes to compete on teams that align with their gender identity violates the rights of cis women.

 

The case, Soule et al v. Connecticut Association of Schools et al, was dismissed by a federal district judge last year, but it has proved to be consequential.

On Thursday, a federal appellate court heard arguments concerning the rights of transgender student-athletes.

But unlike most other legal challenges of this kind, the plaintiffs aren’t trans people suing to have their rights recognized.

Instead, a group of young cisgender women, represented by the Christian conservative legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom, is arguing that allowing trans athletes to compete on teams that align with their gender identity violates the rights of cis women.

 

The case, Soule et al v. Connecticut Association of Schools et al, was dismissed by a federal district judge last year, but it has proved to be consequential.

 

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