AG Ellison said in February that authorizing it transgender students to compete according to their gender identity was part of the Minnesota Human Rights Act.
Minneapolis – A plea group and three softball players from the metropolitan region are pursuing the Attorney General of Minnesota and other education and civil rights leaders on politics that allows trans women and girls to practice sports that correspond to their gender identity.
The trial is filed by female athletes based in Texas United, which defends “equity, security and equality for women and girls in sport”.
The complainants allege in the prosecution only because Minnesota protects the rights of transgender girls to play in girls sports, “these sports are not really reserved for women. And as a result, the boys moved and defeated girls in competition sports.”
The prosecution was deposited on behalf of three girls who play softball in the Lycées du Minnesota, who say they have been negatively affected by transgender girls in sport. Students say in the costume that trans girls are “larger, stronger and larger” than they are, and that it is “dangerous and unfair” to play against these athletes.
One of the accused of the trial is the attorney general Keith Ellison. He wrote in February that allowing transgender students to compete according to their gender identity was part of the Minnesota Human Rights Act.
“Based on the clear language of the law, educational establishments and (Minnesota State High School League) would violate the MHRA by prohibiting transgender athletes from participating in extracurricular activities according to their gender identity,” concluded Ellison in his opinion.
According to Ellison, the MHRA defines gender identity as “a person’s inherent feeling of being a man, a woman, both or both.
The alliance defending freedom, which filed a complaint in the name of the United women’s athletes, described discriminatory policy.
“Minnesota fails its female athletes. The state puts the rights of men before women, telling the girls that their hard work could never be enough to win and that they do not deserve equity and security,” said ADF’s legal advisor Suzanne Beecher in a press release. “By sacrificing the protection of female athletes, Minnesota does not offer girls and girls’ opportunities, violating the provisions of title IX. Our client, the female athletes United, is right to defend its members by contesting the discriminatory policy of the State and defending the true equality of sport. ”
This is not the first time this year, Minnesota’s Trans athletes face a meticulous examination. In March, a GOP’s proposal to ban the transgender athletes of the sports of girls failed the state legislature when the entire DFL caucus voted against the proposal. Federal funding was also questioned after President Trump signed a decree intended to prohibit transgender sports athletes for girls and women. AG Ellison continues the Trump administration on order.
The number of trans students participating in sports is difficult to find, reports the Associated Press. The NCAA, for example, does not follow data on transgender athletes among the 544,000 which are currently participating in 19,000 teams at different levels across the country, although the president of the NCAA, Charlie Baker, told Congress in December that he was aware of less than 10 active athletes of the NCAA who had identified as transgender.
In February, the NCAA modified its participation policy for transgender athletes, reports AP, limiting competition in female sports to athletes who have been assigned to birth.
In response to the trial, a declaration by the prosecutor general Ellison said that he would defend the rights of all students to play sports.
“In addition to doing the exercise and the pleasure of competition, the practice of sport is accompanied by many advantages for young people. You are establishing friendships who can last a lifetime, you learn to work in the context of a team, and you have the impression of belonging. I think it is bad to distinguish a group of students, who are already in the process of facing intimidation and to harass, and to say to these children. peers.”
