A lawsuit from three female track and field athletes against competing with transgender athletes has been revived by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
A federal court this month dismissed the case roughly three years after the track and field athletes filed a lawsuit in 2020 against Connecticut’s policy of permitting “transgender women” to compete based on gender identity. On Monday, Judge Alison Nathan ruled that the plaintiffs had a plausible case.
“Plaintiffs plausibly allege that directing Defendants to alter public athletic records related to the particularized injury they allege could at least provide Plaintiffs with the publicly recognized titles and placements they would have received if Intervenors had not competed and finished ahead of Plaintiffs in specific races,” wrote the judge.
The three plaintiffs have argued that the state’s policy of…
