HARTFORD, Conn. — The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City upheld the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference’s transgender policy Friday after attorneys for cisgender girls who filed a lawsuit appealed to the court to change the records and results of track races in which the transgender female runners had participated.
The court ruled that claims that the cisgender girls were denied opportunities were moot and unfounded, citing that on numerous occasions, the cisgender girls had beaten the transgender girls.
“Today’s ruling is a critical victory for fairness, equality, and inclusion” Joshua Block, senior attorney for the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Project, said in a statement. “The court rejected the baseless zero-sum arguments presented by the opposition to this policy and ultimately found transgender girls have as much a right to play as cisgender girls under Title IX. This critical victory strikes at the heart of political attacks against transgender youth while helping ensure every young person has the right to play.”
