{"id":18410,"date":"2020-04-03T17:54:20","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T00:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/?p=18410"},"modified":"2020-04-03T17:41:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T00:41:30","slug":"u-s-justice-department-argues-transgender-athletes-should-not-be-treated-as-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/u-s-justice-department-argues-transgender-athletes-should-not-be-treated-as-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Justice Department Argues Transgender Athletes Should Not Be Treated as Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PAT EATON-ROBB<\/a> – March 25, 2020<\/p>\n

(HARTFORD, Conn.) \u2014 The U.S. Justice Department is getting involved in a federal civil rights lawsuit<\/a> that seeks to block transgender athletes in Connecticut from competing as girls in interscholastic sports.<\/p>\n

Attorney General William Barr signed what is known as a statement of interest Tuesday, arguing against the policy of the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference, the board that oversees the state\u2019s high school athletic competitions.<\/p>\n

The conference allows athletes to compete as the gender with which they identify, arguing it is following a state law that requires high school students be treated according to their gender identity. It also argues the policy is in accordance with Title IX, the federal law that allows girls equal educational opportunities, including in athletics.<\/p>\n

The Justice Department, in its filing, disagrees.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnder CIAC\u2019s interpretation of Title IX, however, schools may not account for the real physiological differences between men and women. Instead, schools must have certain biological males \u2014 namely, those who publicly identify as female \u2014 compete against biological females,\u201d Barr and the other department officials write. \u201cIn so doing, CIAC deprives those women of the single-sex athletic competitions that are one of the marquee accomplishments of Title IX.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lawsuit was filed in February by runners Selina Soule, a senior at Glastonbury High School; Chelsea Mitchell, a senior at Canton High School; and Alanna Smith, a sophomore at Danbury High School, against the conference and several local boards of education.<\/p>\n

They argue they have been deprived of wins, state titles and athletic opportunities by being forced to compete against transgender athletes.<\/p>\n

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