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NEW YORK 鈥� Attorneys for the 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 Foundation of Connecticut will defend the state鈥檚 transgender-inclusive student athletics policy on behalf of two transgender athletes before a full panel hearing of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals tomorrow afternoon. This is the first federal case concerning the rights of transgender athletes to be heard by a full appeals court panel.

In 2018, the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) was sued by the Alliance Defending Freedom 鈥� an organization that advocates for laws denying transgender people鈥檚 rights in schools, health care, and workplaces 鈥� over the participation of Terry Miller and Andraya Yearwood, two transgender high school track runners who participated under the CIAC鈥檚 participation policy. The 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 Foundation of Connecticut are defending the policy on behalf of Miller and Yearwood.

Audio of the hearing will be starting at 2 p.m. ET.

鈥淭he plaintiffs鈥� argument is filled with hypotheticals about a dystopia where cisgender girls disappear from the podium, but the court must rely on facts,鈥� said Joshua Block, staff attorney for the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 LGBTQ & HIV Project. 鈥淭he facts are that these plaintiffs repeatedly outperformed Andraya and Terry, and won an impressive collection of first place trophies in the process. There is enough room on the victory podium for transgender girls too. Under Title IX, all girls, including transgender girls, should be able to participate fully and equally in athletics, in accordance with who they are.鈥�

鈥淭he court鈥檚 previous decision affirmed that our clients played by the rules and that all girls, trans and cisgender, have a right to play under Title IX,鈥� said Elana Bildner, 老澳门开奖结果 Foundation of Connecticut senior staff attorney. 鈥淲e hope the court will follow the facts and uphold its earlier decision. No matter what, we know that trans children should be loved, affirmed, and respected everywhere, including in our schools and on our sports teams.鈥�

, a panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the CIAC鈥檚 policy and ruled the ADF鈥檚 claims, that cisgender girls were denied opportunities or championships, to be moot and unfounded. The court noted that, on numerous occasions, the cisgender plaintiffs placed first in various events, even sometimes when competing against Yearwood and Miller.

The court also affirmed discrimination against transgender students violates Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in educational programs, aligning the ruling with the Supreme Court鈥檚 ruling on Title VII in Bostock v. Clayton County.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and its nationwide affiliate network are also challenging categorical bans on the participation of transgender student athletes in Idaho, Tennessee, and West Virginia.

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