Three Oregon high schoolers have filed a federal lawsuit demanding that transgender athletes be banned from competing in future girls’ sports events and have their past records scrubbed, arguing that trans girls have “unfair and discriminatory” physiological advantages over cisgender girls.
The lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Oregon accuses three school districts and state entities of violating the federal civil rights law Title IX. The suit argues that these entities have eliminated equal opportunities for girls in track and field events by allowing trans girls — whom the suit refers to as “biological males” — to compete with cisgender girls.
“Permitting biological males to compete in girls’ sports ignores the physiological advantages men have over women and undermines the very purpose of sex-segregated competition intended to provide equal opportunities for females,” states the lawsuit, which was brought by the America First Policy Institute, a think tank founded by various Trump administration officials.
The suit refers to a trans athlete in Portland, Oregon, identified as A.G., who has “consistently dominated” spring track events while setting season records. Another trans athlete, identified as L.R., has become “an all-star” in the girls’ high jump after previously failing to qualify or achieve high rankings while competing among males, according to the lawsuit.
