The brave Selina Soule and two other female high school athletes are being represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom, a right-wing religious liberty-focused organization. I wish someone on the left would take these cases, but as the ACLU etc have explicitly supported the end of single-sex sports, these girls don't really have anywhere else to turn.
Press release here:
“Girls deserve to compete on a level playing field. Forcing female athletes to compete against boys is grossly unfair and destroys their athletic opportunities,” said ADF Legal Counsel Christiana Holcomb. “Title IX was designed to eliminate discrimination against women in education and athletics, and women fought long and hard to earn the equal athletic opportunities that Title IX provides. Allowing boys to compete in girls’ sports reverses nearly 50 years of advances for women under this law. We shouldn’t force these young women to be spectators in their own sports.”
The complaint asks the Office for Civil Rights to investigate the violations of Title IX and require CIAC to revise its flawed policy. The complaint further asks OCR to require the conference to acknowledge every girl who would have been identified as a champion or who would have qualified for participation in a higher level competition but for the participation of a male in her event.
www.adflegal.org/detailspages/press-release-details/female-athletes-challenge-connecticut-policy-that-abolishes-girls-only-sports?_ga=2.252534601.1710949560.1560904360-1859844914.1560904360
Selina and attorney interviewed by Tucker Carlson of Fox here:
Previous threads about Selina speaking out:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3562710-Are-you-a-parent-of-a-girl-whos-doing-well-in-sport-You-need-to-listen-to-Selina-Soule?pg=1
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3519465-Student-who-lost-track-championship-to-transgender-athletes-speaks-out
Previous AIBU thread about one of the competitions at issue:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3271449-In-Connecticut-two-teenage-boys-who-identify-as-girls-have-come-1st-and-2nd-in-the-girls-100m-sprint?msgid=78542060#78542060