Appeals Court Revives Case Challenging Connecticut Rule on Transgender Athletes

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The plaintiffs said the CIAC policy discriminated against them by requiring them to compete against transgender athletes.

A federal appeals court on Friday revived a lawsuit filed by four female athletes challenging a Connecticut policy that allows transgender students born male to compete against girls in high school athletic events.

The full 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the case should return to the district court for review because the plaintiffs have standing in the litigation and have alleged injuries that may qualify for monetary relief.

โ€œWe do not consider whether plaintiffsโ€™ Title IX claims have any merit or whether they would be entitled to the relief that they seek as a matter of equity, but rather whether the district court has jurisdiction to hear their claims in the first instance,โ€ the judges said in a ruling on Dec. 15.

The plaintiffsโ€”Selina Soule, Chelsea Mitchell, Alanna Smith, and Ashley Nicolettiโ€”argued they were โ€œdeprived of honors and opportunitiesโ€ to compete at higher levels because of a policy that allowed males who identify as female to compete against girls.

According to the court, all four plaintiffs had personally competed in Connecticut high school track and identified instances in which they raced against and finished behind one or both transgender athletes Andraya Yearwood and Terry Miller.

“For each plaintiff, the complaint identifies at least one race in which she allegedly competed against and lost to one or both intervenors [referring to the transgender athletes],” the ruling states.

The plaintiffs said the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Council (CIAC) policy discriminated against them by requiring them to compete against transgender athletes, who have a “physiological athletic advantage.”

The 2013 CIAC policy allows transgender students to compete in high school competitions designated for the gender they identify with.

However, the plaintiffs argued that the CIAC policy violated Title IX, a federal law designed to create equal opportunities for women in education and athletics.

โ€œPlaintiffs allegeโ€”and we must assumeโ€”that but for intervenorsโ€™ [or transgender athletes’] participation in these specific races, they would have placed higher.

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