Lawsuit Seeks Change to CIAC Policy

By Doug Binder, DyeStat Editor

The Hartford Courant today laid out what's going on with a complaint filed by three Connecticut students who seek to challenge the transgender participation policy of the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference.

The complaint, filed by a conservative Christian law firm on behalf of the students, says that allowing transgdner girls to compete in girls sports deprives their cisgender (someone who identifies with their birth sex) peers of "opportunities for participation, recruitment, and scholarships" and violates Title IX. 

The suit also names transgender athletes Terry Miller and Andraya Yearwood, who have won state and New England titles over the past couple of years but who are now both taking medication to block testosterone as they transition. 

It's a legal challenge that has brewing for some time to tackle a complicated issue.