A federal appeals court on Friday dismissed a case challenging a Connecticut policy that allows transgender students born male to compete against girls in high school athletic competitions.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in New York upheld a lower court’s decision to reject a lawsuit filed on behalf of four female athletes. The athletes argued they were unfairly deprived of honors and opportunities to compete at higher levels statewide because of a policy that allowed males who identify as female to compete against girls.
Judges Denny Chin, Beth Robinson, and Susan Carney ruled the four female athletes lacked standing to sue partly because their claims that they were deprived of wins, state titles, and athletic scholarship opportunities were speculative….