A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that seeks to ensure fairness in sports by preventing transgender athletes who are biological males from participating in women’s competitions. U.S. District Court Judge Robert Chatigny issued a ruling on Sunday against four female athletes who challenged a Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) policy that allows students to compete in events according to their gender identity. The female athletes had claimed that the policy placed biological female athletes at a competitive disadvantage in girl’s sports when forced to compete with transgender but biologically male athletes. The lawsuit claims that the girls were deprived of multiple opportunities and prospective wins as a result of the disadvantage. The case names two transgender athletes who were permitted to compete in girls’ athletic competitions beginning in the 2017 track season. The plaintiffs’ lawyers argue that the two transgender athletes had taken 15 women’s state championship titles, which were held by nine …