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Federal judge dismisses lawsuit challenging Connecticut’s transgender athlete policy

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lawsuit challenging Connecticut’s policy allowing transgender high school athletes to compete in sports based on their gender identity, which has served as the impetus for dozens of states to consider legislation banning transgender females from competing in women’s sports.In a ruling released on Sunday, U.S.

District Court Judge Robert Chatigny dismissed the lawsuit on procedural grounds, noting that two of the four cisgender plaintiffs bringing the suit — Chelsea Mitchell, of Canton, and Selina Soule, of Glastonbury, had since graduated and are thus ineligible to compete in Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference events.

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