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The ruling says the case became moot because the two plaintiffs are no longer facing competition from any transgender athletes.

Published April 26. 2021 2:32AM | Updated April 26. 2021 2:33AM HARTFORD (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to prevent transgender athletes from competing in girls high school sports in Connecticut. The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference, which oversees scholastic sports in the state, allows high school athletes to compete in sports according to their gender identity. The lawsuit was filed a year ago by cisgender runners who argued they were deprived of wins, state titles and athletic opportunities by being forced to compete against two transgender spri...

April 26, 2021 53 FILE — In this Feb. 7, 2019 file photo, Bloomfield High School transgender athlete Terry Miller, second from left, wins the final of the 55-meter dash over transgender athlete Andraya Yearwood, left, and other runners in the Connecticut girls Class S indoor track meet at Hillhouse High School in New Haven, Conn. Lawyers for several Connecticut school districts and the organization that oversees high school sports in the state went before a federal judge Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit that would prevent transgender girls from competing in girl's s...

Print this article A group of female high school track athletes is appealing a Sunday federal district decision forcing them to compete against transgender athletes. The case was dismissed by Judge Robert Chatigny on procedural grounds because the two transgender athletes in question have since graduated from high school, making the case moot. Chatigny wrote, however, that if more transgender students should enter the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference, he could see a reason to bring back the case. “Defendants’ counsel have represented that they know of no transgender studen...

A Connecticut lawsuit that sought to stip trans teens of the right to compete in school sports has been scrapped by a federal judge. (Stock photograph via Elements Envato) A US federal judge binned a cruel Connecticut lawsuit that sought to ban trans girls from competing in high school sports on Sunday (25 April). The 2020 suit saw a band of cisgender students claim that they face “unfair competition” from two trans teens competing in track and field events alongside them. The plaintiffs sought to scrap guidelines from the state’s high school sports regulator, Connecticut Interscholasti...