Female athletes ask to sue over policy allowing transgender athletes to compete in sports
An appeals court questioned whether female athletes have the right to sue over a policy allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ sports. A federal appeals court on Tuesday questioned whether a group of female track and field athletes in Connecticut has the right to sue over a policy allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ athletic events. “It is a clear violation when a school or school district knowingly lets sexual discrimination proceed. I don’t think we can say that here,” Judge Denny Chin said. An attorney for the athletes, John Bursch with the conservative legal group Alliance Defending Freedom, urged the judges on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to allow the case to move forward. MORE: 'State of emergency' issued for LGBTQ community by Human Rights Campaign “All we need to decide today is whether they get into the courthouse door,” Bursch said. The athletes -- Selina Soule, Chelsea Mitchell, Alanna Smith and Ashley Nicoletti -- said they each ...